A member of the late actor's family told TMZ.com that when she visited her relative at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, she noticed that an offensive cariacture of a black man had been etched on the centre of the tomb.
The woman believes that the image was intended to be an illustration of 'S*****o' - a derogatory term previously used as an offensive description of a black person.
After discovering the vandalism, the woman filed a police report with the LAPD. According to TMZ.com, police are considering the vandalism a 'hate crime'.
Meanwhile, the cemetery have removed the image, but are doing their utmost to find out who committed the crime.
Oscar-nominated actor Clarke Duncan, most famous for his role in The Green Mile, died in September last year aged 54.
His death followed a heart attack on July 13 from which he never recovered, resulting in a severe lack of oxygen to the brain.
Following the actor's tragic passing, his fiancée Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth said: "I'm devastated. He was the love of my life."
The
6ft 5in, 300 pound star appeared in dozens of films, including box
office hits Armageddon, Planet Of The Apes and Kung Fu Panda.
Duncan
had a handful of minor roles before The Green Mile brought him an
Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1999, but
unfortunately he lost out to Michael Caine after the British legend won
his second Oscar to The Cider House Rules.
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