Fans of Michael Clarke Duncan will be able to pay their respects to the late actor Sunday, when a public viewing of his closed casket will be held at a Los Angeles cemetery.
The memorial will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 9 at the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, where stars from Bette Davis to Brittany Murphy are buried. A private invitation-only service will be held for Duncan the following day, according to his publicist Joy Fehily.
The actor died at age 54 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. on Monday of natural causes. He had suffered a heart attack in July and never recovered.
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Duncan was best known for his Academy Award-nominated turn in 1999's "The Green Mile," in which he played a death row inmate. Before getting his Hollywood break, the 6-foot-5, 300-plus-pound Duncan worked as a bodyguard for the likes of Martin Lawrence and Notorious B.I.G.
By Wednesday, fans had begun to leave a variety of flowers, cards and candles outside of the actor's Woodland Hills home as a tribute to the star.
Duncan's fiancée, "The Apprentice" star Omarosa Manigault, was bombarded by paparazzi when she arrived at LAX Monday evening. The reality television fixture, who was openly distraught at the airport, had been in a relationship with the actor since 2010.
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Omarosa Manigault wasn't the only celebrity reacting to Michael Clarke Duncan's death — but she was among the most intensely affected, as Duncan was not only her boyfriend but quietly her fiance.
Duncan, who was 54, died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after nearly two months of treatment following a heart attack suffered July 13.
Omarosa and the "Green Mile" star were secretly engaged with a wedding set for January, according to TMZ. No investigation into Duncan's death was planned, the coroner's office told L.A. Now.
"I am devastated," the "Apprentice" alum told Radar Online. "He was the love of my life." They had been dating since 2010.
Omarosa was at Duncan's bedside for 50 days after he fell ill, a source told People. The couple planned to start a family after they wed, the New York Daily News reported.
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