Ray Liotta Dead at 67

Did her ever show it all? Willy and bum?

Ah, damn. I hate to hear this. Such a wonderful actor. May he rest in peace.

[quote]Deadline hears he died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the film Dangerous Waters. We will have more details when they become available

What on earth

I thought he was hot when he was younger.

No. I love Goodfellas. It's something I'll watch whenever I see it. I'll watch the shitty edited version with commercials

[quote]Did her ever show it all? Willy and bum?

The evolution of he had a hot ass, but he couldn't live forever.

He played such a good guy on the soap Another World. I never would have guessed he'd go on to a long career playing baddies. RIP.

Aww, that’s a shame.

I absolutely loved him in My Favorite Martian.

Best of Ray Liotta on Another World

He was a regular at a restaurant I worked at a million years ago. He'd grab a coffee there nearly every morning. He was very gruff, but a sweetheart underneath that exterior.

Fun fact: He had a daughter who looked just like Lindsay Lohan and a sweet little school girl crush on me (according to Ray). Ray would embarrass her about it whenever the three of us were in the same room.

RIP.

God DAMMIT!

Agree, OP; this one fucking stings.

Ohhh! He’s that one guy that looked botched in that one commercial where he’s on a set. I forget if it was to promote some medication or something. But I digress, i need to check out his work. Rest In Peace.

Predictions for the next two celebrity deaths-Angela Lansbury and Al Pacino.

Unlike some actors who make the transition from Soaps to films - Ray never dissed his time on Another World

He always said "I played the nicest guy in the world, Joey Perrini"

At least he died in his sleep.

Y'all just upset cause he's younger that you! ☠️☠️☠️

That's a rough looking 67, was he ill?

That's fairly young in today's standards. He walked by me once and said "hi" at the 3rd St. Promenade in Santa Monica. He seemed like a fairly normal person, to me.

RIP Ray. Great actor

He wasn't a great actor to me but I grew up watching him in film. He's dam sexy in Goodfellas. I didn't realize he was that old, not that 67 is young I just figured he was late 50s. God bless.

Did the "carbon monoxide" kill him like the other 3 Americans died in the Dominican Republic?

Ohh that ass in r13. Perfect.

[quote] Did the "carbon monoxide" kill him like the other 3 Americans died in the Dominican Republic?

TMZ is reporting that his fiancee Jacy Nittolo was with him while he was filming, so it was probably NOT "carbon monoxide"

Excellent in "Something Wild." as the sexy, menacing bad boy. RIP

This is so sad. He was a phenomenal character actor. RIP.

Damn, I was just watching “Heartbreakers” from my hotel room. The scene where he’s tied up in bed was so hot. He had a great body in the early 2000s. Had to be pushing 40 something when that movie came out. Loved his voice, his mannerisms, and general screen presence. He will be missed.

Noooooooo….

Maybe it’s a generational thing, but as a child of the 90’s he somehow became someone I loved to see on screen. Unlawful Entry was one of my favorite movies, and when I got older, I thoroughly enjoyed him in Goodfellas. I think part of my affection for him stems from the fact he did the voice of the protagonist in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (which is only one of the best video games of all time).

RIP, Ray 😭

Old DL thread inevitably asks is Ray gay?

well, if he was 67 and that movie was in the early 2000s, then i guess he would have been pushing 40 something, R33. Unless you have a different way of counting.

Wow, i just happened to watch his guest spot on Kimmy Scmidt the other day. One of its most oddball but delightful castings.

R34, he was a very good actor. He just had a natural masculinity about him. Rest in power.

Nice to see him get some love from DL!

R37, I forgot about him as the bodega clerk. Hilarious.

When Andy Cohen asked him on "WWHL" which actress he worked with was the worst kisser, Ray replied "Sigourney Weaver".

This short thread highlights how he managed to capture hearts of soap fans, film fans, TV fans, and video game fans. Unlike lesser actors he just loved to act and managed to make a mark regardless the genre.

He was funny on his Modern Family episode.

[quote]I thought he was hot when he was younger.

We all did, R6.

I never would have guessed he would die relatively young. I thought he would be a wiry old guy wise-cracking at the teenage girls who worked at the local ice cream store, pharmacy, etc.

There was a Chantix commercial a few years ago where he looked off somehow, and we all talked about how it was bad plastic surgery, but now I wonder if he'd been ill.

He was outstanding in 2014’s Muppets Most Wanted.

First saw him in Something Wild with Melanie Griifith. Scared the shit out of me but I also wanted him to fuck me. Sexy and dangerous. Sad.

"died in his sleep" my ass.

There is definitely more to the story here.

He played a bisexual cop on that detective show with Jlo. Still fkin sexy. God I love old sexy Italians.

He totally turned me on in Something Wild. I was a young teen when I saw it and I remember thinking how he was, even with the acne scars.

Yes OP...it does sting...This one shocks me to the core. Possibly because I will be 67 in a few and I adored him in GFs

I met him when I was a very young teen while I was working and I was so busy trying to keep cool and not make a big deal I ended up being such an asshole to him. No idea why, snarky things just flew out my mouth (like limiting the number of samples) which was not a rule at all. He was so kind, so was his wife and I always thought maybe I would get to meet him again one day and tell him I was sorry for being an asshole- it was this bizarre star struck reaction I had. He was super nice. (I was not)

He really was a funny guy.

This is shocking and sad, 67 is relatively young. May he RIP, a truly underrated actor.

"This one stings..."

Oh, please, as if you knew him or something.

It's tough when really great actors die. I'm still reeling from Titpig.

Someone needs to call Lorraine!!

That woman really loved her man.

He’s looked like hell in the past 15 years at least but 67 is far too young.

I’ve watched the video of Ray Liotta peeing on me 5 times today. I’m so fucking sad he was such a great guy :(

So many memories of Holidays past with Goodfellas on the screen in the background. Simpler times when the family got along and things still glowed. RIP.

He was so beautiful before all the surgery. I adored him.

Good actor. RIP Ray.

Another World, where it all started, for some of us.

[quote] He played a bisexual cop on that detective show with Jlo.

Did he have any man on man scenes on that show?

the post has pics of Liotta. He looked pasty and hunched over.

He hasn't looked well for over a decade. I wonder if he had a chronic illness.

[quote] So many memories of Holidays past with Goodfellas on the screen in the background. Simpler times when the family got along and things still glowed.

You're sad because "Goodfellas" (of all things!) brings back happy holiday family memories for you?

Next you're going to get sentimental when the star of "A Serbian Film" dies, and tell us your family used to gather round the hearth to watch it every Christmas while drinking eggnog.

He was addicted to booze, not sure what else...probably pills and coke.

He has a young gf, maybe he took the dick pill and his heart gave out.

With his blue eye and black hair, he was handsome in his youth. I think he was a good actor too. Then he got fat and bloated as well as bad plastic surgery. He looked like hell at the end. He's gone way too soon. RIP Ray.

Loraine already has responded, R60.

R72 is a stupid cunt who imitates things she's heard other bitter queens say but she lacks the intelligence to understand it.

The poster's intent was clear.

And R72 is the one obviously intimately familiar with the contents of "A Serbian Film." How precious of her and her scruples, the dumb cunt.

Ut Uh. This one does sting.

Seems like a lot more people are dying in their 60s now. Is it because of cocaine use past or present?

IMO, he did look 67. He got some bad plastic surgery a while ago and did look "off" in the Chantix commercial. Just the fact he was doing a Chantix commercial was "off."

That said, I loved him in Goodfellas. So handsome. Loved the scene where he is coked-up, paranoid, and spiraling out of control ... and cooking a pot of sauce at the same time.

He did have the rough skin (acne scars?), but somehow it worked in his favor, IMO.

R76, I knew it wouldn't take long for this thread stop being all sentimental. Love you, lol.

R70, Leave it to the Post to keep it classy. SMH.

Oh no! Not Joey Perrini!! Has Maeve Kinkead issued a statement yet?

"Seems like a lot more people are dying in their 60s now. Is it because of cocaine use past or present?"

Nah, I'm 67 did a lot of coke and I'm fi...

Somebody get the paddles for r83!

Quick!

I will watch Field of Dreams tonight in his honor.

R72 We did have a hearth!

Oh no! Does anyone remember or seen The Lonely Lady with Pia Zadora? Ray had a small part and his character raped Pia with a garden hose.

RIP

R84, Can I have your stuff next year. And did you put the young fucktoy in the will?

I know you meant r84, r85, but I'm laughing at the thought of r83 getting an unprovoked spanking.

R54 what happened? Were you trying to appear unimpressed?

I think celebrities typically understand behavioral changes around them. My brother once, at a charity event, met a friend of mine who was once very famous and in some ways still is. He made a real asshole of himself. Really cringe-worthy stuff. He told me about it after (I was not present when they met), and it sounded so bad. But my friend was very sweet and understanding about it. People likely act strangely around famous people fairly often. Also, some people are disinhibited by certain medications, and that can make them pushy and a little obnoxious.

Something Wild was what put him on my radar. He was so striking, like a young, but way more dangerous, Tony Curtis. He walked away with the film.

And he was the best thing about that disappointing Sopranos movie.

I loved him in the little-seen 1988 film Dominick & Eugene, with Tom Hulce.

I had a huge crush on him in the 90s. Yes, he was very good in Dominick and Eugene.

My parents will be upset when I tell them. They liked him as an actor.

[quote] Something Wild was what put him on my radar. He was so striking, like a young, but way more dangerous, Tony Curtis. He walked away with the film.

Yes, he did look like Tony Curtis.

"He played such a good guy on the soap Another World"

Leave it to Datalounge...

OP- He’s almost as scary looking there as Sylvester Stallone.

I would’ve ate his ass.

Encounters with celebrities can often cause people to behave really strangely. Dominick Dunne told the story both in his memoirs and (thinly fictionalized) in THE SECOND MRS. GRENVILLE as to how he once was at a party in Hollywood with Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, and he was so unnerved by her celebrity and fame that he kept taking photos of her, over and over, until she finally had to request the host to quietly ask him to stop. He was completely mortified by this event for the rest of his life.

[quote] Has Maeve Kinkead issued a statement yet?

Yes, she said- My sister-in-law is a cunt.

That photo at r75 (posted again at r104) is terrifying. They both had so much work done to their faces since "Goodfellas" and looked awful. I think hers was mostly fillers, at least.

He looked very ill and not all there in those commercials he did recently.

As Stewie Griffin would say, may his facial skin, that of a summer squash, rest in peace.

[quote] Lorraine Bracco...

I guess she forgot about the whore in 2R

He must have had just terrible acne as a teenager, much like James Woods and Edward James Olmos did.

Guess I’ll need to double bill Unlawful Entry and Goodfellas now. I’m sorry he’s gone.

Oops, I somehow scrolled past that post at R60--sorry,

He was two years ahead of me in high school. He was very cute.

He has such a great body in SOMETHING WILD in those tight jeans and tight white t-shirt.

[quote] There was a Chantix commercial a few years ago where he looked off somehow, and we all talked about how it was bad plastic surgery, but now I wonder if he'd been ill.

Maybe it was the Chantix that killed him.

Anyone remember the movie “Corrina Corrina” he did with Whoopi Goldberg? He was lovely in that too.

[quote]There was a Chantix commercial a few years ago where he looked off somehow, and we all talked about how it was bad plastic surgery, but now I wonder if he'd been ill.

He looked fine...

Has Bobby D. Released a statement yet. He's getting up there in age himself, but still seems to have a lot of energy.

Ray Liotta was so talented as an actor that he even made JLo look as if she could act.

JLo's tribute:

"Ray was my partner in crime on Shades of Blue … the first thing that comes to mind is he so was kind to my children," she began her post, which featured a slideshow of photos of the pair together.

She continued, "Ray was the epitome of a tough guy who was all mushy on the inside … I guess that's what made him such a compelling actor to watch. The original Goodfella."

Great comment by her. Told yall that Jlo was pure class.

I never wished ill will upon this person, but he was the most blah /generic actor, any other person could have done his roles, and none of us would have known any better.

R96 Why do you have to be the one to tell them?

@r118, "Anyone remember the movie “Corrina Corrina” he did with Whoopi Goldberg? "

You bet, I think that was just about peak Ray Liotta to me 🙂

His casting wasn’t the best for the role of Frank Sinatra but I loved that Rat Pack movie he did with Don Cheadle and Joe Mantegna.

^ I'm the dame that can prove it

My two most-watched Liotta films are "Goodfellas" & "Corrina, Corrina". He was excellent in both, and still hot at those points. Anyway, I feel this loss to a degree, and it's all-around sad. Even sadder than the fact that he did "Shades Of Blue" (or anything for that matter) with Jennifer Lopez.

[quote] When Andy Cohen asked him on "WWHL" which actress he worked with was the worst kisser, Ray replied "Sigourney Weaver".

That depresses me more than even Ray's death.

Ray was such a good dinosaur

"I feel this loss to a degree" R130 How clear

"Died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic" is surely code for something that will never come out.

Don't look at me-- I had nothing to do with this one.

OP’s pic is not good but I found him sexy as fuck when he was younger. Not conventionally hot but sexy to my eyes.

Handsome but odd looking. He had no lips.

Looking at how badly the poor guy looked he could have dropped dead just as easily in Paris

It almost looks like he had some type of liver disease. I really shouldn't speculate like this. Rest in power.

He was hot as fuck when he was young. I always wanted to get my ass pounded by Ray in Goodfellas. Right in front of Janice Rossi.

Sadly he looks much older than 67. I enjoyed his movies so it’s always sad to hear something like this.

R134, he was filming a movie there

He looks like a rebuilt burn victim in r121

I know he was filming a movie there. It still sounds sketchy to me. And because he's filming a movie with a production crew and financial backers, they will be able to cover up whatever actually happened.

This one hits hard. Loved Goodfellas and have seen a lot of his films. Seemed like a nice guy.

Where’s my melon chunks! He was funny on Just Shoot Me RIP

He could've had a heart attack or stroke. As others mentioned, he hasn't looked well for a while now. Some people have little warning signs before it happened and may have just brushed it off since he was on location filming to not disrupt the shooting schedule.

Regardless of what happened, it's sad. He was always fun to watch and seemed to have little attitude for being an actor.

He was in a gem of a movie that nobody saw in 1988: “Dominick and Eugene” with Tom Hulce and Jamie Lee Curtis. I watch it every couple of years.

I will watch goodfellas again this weekend

I assume he'd have to pass a physical in order to get insured for the movie he was working on at the time of his death. That's standard practice, especially for older actors.

So it's not clear that he had a long-standing illness. Maybe it really was just a sudden medical event like a heart attack or stroke.

This death came as a shock this morning and is a hard one to grapple. Brilliant actor gone too soon, Ray Liotta made every role (and most of his films) his own. That signature walk of his ... and his laugh! Whew.

Standing ovation.

Rest In Peace, Ray Liotta.

Died in his sleep or "Died in his sleep" like they said about Bob Saget in the beginning?

Has Victoria Wyndham released a statement yet?

Im bummed out by this. Going to watch Cop Land again. He is at the right age for heart attack, stroke etc but I wonder if he took pills or something.

The fiancee is much younger. Anyone check out that life insurance policy??

Perhaps OP should not have used a photo that was taken after they buried him and then dug him up.

R148, I remember that one! He was a good actor.

Several posters have noted they met him and he was really nice, well, I'll add myself to that. He used to come into a store I worked at in Los Angeles, several times, and he was always very approachable and friendly.

[quote] Going to watch Cop Land again.

Forgot about Cop Land! That was a very underrated movie. I think it had bad reviews, but I liked it.

[quote] I assume he'd have to pass a physical in order to get insured for the movie he was working on at the time of his death. That's standard practice, especially for older actors.

Those tests are a joke in the industry. The "physical" is nothing more than taking your name, blood pressure, pulse and listening to your heart

Then you get a clean bill of health by a "doctor" - sent to the insurance company

I would think there would be an autopsy if he died this way in the US at his age, absent information from his doctor. In DR it probably won't happen.

Dammit!! There are several actors/actresses that I *know* I'm going to cry about, when they die. I didn't expect Ray Liotta to be one of them, but here I am. 😢

I just watched Goodfellas again, a few weeks ago. Or rather, I should say, the last 30 minutes. As someone said upthread, it's one of those movies that I will stop & watch whenever I come across it, while channel surfing -- even the edited version. R.I.P.

Clint Eastwood girlfriend Sondra Locke was a BIG FAN of Another World and recommended Two actors from the soap to Clint for any upcoming

Ray Liotta & Beverlee McKinsey

Ray could not take the part Clint was offering because of scheduling conflicts (though he was temporarily replaced by Paul Perri when he took time off for a TV Movie)

Beverlee was able to get time off for the Clint Eastwood film "Bronco Billy" - based on a recommendation by Sondra Locke

Ray Liotta's kids announcing the bad news to Auntie Barbara ...

Our most famous Silurian has passed

He had a good career with someone with such a bad complexion.

R145 "This one hits hard"

Oh please

[quote] Those tests are a joke in the industry.

I wish.

I just read in the Daily Mail that he was abandoned by his birth mother, was in an orphanage, and was adopted at age 6. That's got to be hard on a person.

He was adopted at 6 months, not 6 years

R168 Reading is challenging

R34 I LOVE Unlawful Entry too! Everyone always mentions GoodFellas when they talk about Liotta, but Unlawful Entry is my go to movie of his. I've seen it about 8,762 times.

168: And he wan't even Italian - he was Scottish. His adoptive parents were Italian.

[quote] I just read in the Daily Mail that he was abandoned by his birth mother

The bitch probably didn't even care enough to have him circumcised.

Kevin Costner did a nice tribute

I ain't ever heard of him, must not have been much of a star.

I loved this guy! He told a charming story about his own adoption by the Liottas and how - a few years later - they adopted a little girl. His parents made him feel he was a part of that decision and he lorded it over sister Linda for years; told her that HE was responsible for her adoption. They both loved the teasing.

RIP Ray. You were gorgeous.

R51...He was the topic today, and someone said that he was adopted at six months. Later on, with DNA (I guess)...he found out he was really Scottish or Scots. He does look Italian, though.

Probably heart attack. No one just dies in their sleep. And apparently saying it’s a peaceful way to go is just to comfort family, because heart attacks aren’t peaceful.

My brother in law died that way. He wasn't feeling well early one evening and decided to go to bed. He never woke up. He died of a heart attack. He was only 49.

[quote]He could've had a heart attack or stroke. As others mentioned, he hasn't looked well for a while now.

And he was a heavy smoker for decades.

I can't fucking beelieve it.

[quote] I ain't ever heard of him, must not have been much of a star.

No, you wouldn't have seen him on the Hallmark Channel.

[quote] He has such a great body in SOMETHING WILD in those tight jeans and tight white t-shirt

Or running across the lawn in a Speedo. He was fast!

FYI, Something Wild is streaming free on Tubi and Pluto, according to Google anyway.

I saw Something Wild when it came out, and that climactic fight between Liotta and Jeff Daniels was one of the most intense scenes I'd seen in a movie.

He said in an interview he was able to wait for the right roles when he moved to Hollywood - because his father invested his soap salary wisely, so he didn't have to worry about money while between jobs.

He may have died of heart disease or a heart attack, hence dying "in his sleep." I had a friend who died like that. She seemingly had no heart trouble, but she was a Christian Scientist, and did not go in for checkups. She may have had chronic high blood pressure. Anyway, she was found in bed, boom, gone, just like that. Maybe that's what happened to Liotta, a sudden heart attack that felled him.

I was 14 when Goodfellas came out and I jerked off to Ray Liotta many times. He was hot AF back then.

RIP Ray, you made me shoot so many loads of spunk.

Frankly, I'm surprised he made it this far. I use to be friends with his (( a-hem )) "pharmacist".

Something Wild is an interesting movie. It starts out like a quirky comedy, then takes a very dark turn towards the middle. It's like two movies in one.

R121, he’s unrecognizable in pic

He was seen in Los Angeles in March where people noted his extreme pallor and not steady on feet

R. 15: thanks for sharing your memory of Ray. I’ve followed his career and this one died sting . Your description fits what I thought he would be like — sweet, gruff , with a daughter who crushed on you…

I always remember that scene in GoodFellas where Ray finds out that Lorraine Bracco's neighbor assaulted her. When he crosses that street and beats the shit out of him, it was wild.

193 posts and nobody mentions Hannibal Lector opening up the top of Ray's head.

R94 I remember watching the movie a bunch of times on cable years ago. I liked it, but I know some people would rip it apart today due to the some of the content.

Maybe I’m delusional but the guy that came onto Karen, and was beaten by Ray … seems so familiar … I’m thinking of the actor who played “Stuart” on a Mad TV

What many do not know is that due to Ray's natural masculine looks and rough-edged allure Ray not only played his own role of Joey Perrini on "Another World" he also played Constance Ford's role of Ada Hobson from 1990-1993 due to her illness, which viewers and a number of cast members never noticed.

That's how talented he was.

Shocked by the recent typical pap/DM celeb candids of him shown with some of the recent news stories. What ages a successful and well-off TV/film professional that way? Lifelong booze and tobacco? Just astonishingly aged and ill looking without even bringing the cosmetic surgery into it.

R197 - guy on MadTV was Michael McDonald. Goodfellas guy was different, Mark Evan Jacobs. Seinfeld gum guy was also someone else lol

[quote]Something Wild is an interesting movie. It starts out like a quirky comedy, then takes a very dark turn towards the middle.

Yes, the tone shifts in the long and brilliantly filmed high school reunion scene. Another soap opera vet (Margaret Colin from "The Edge of Night") is memorably paired with Liotta during this scene.

Come to think of it, "Something Wild" slammed on the brakes and changed genres mid-film! That, or Ray Liotta simply took off with what was supposed to be Melanie Griffith's and Jeff Daniels' movie. What a performance!

He was so beautiful in “Field of Dreams.” He had a diffident masculinity that seemed so vulnerable.

Sadly, he did not age well. Drugs? Alcohol?

Looks like something worked him over.

Rest easy, buddy.

[quote] He was so beautiful in “Field of Dreams.”

Liotta never watched that movie - because when it came out, he was working on Good Fellas. and his mother got sick and died during its initial run

So the movie just reminds him of his mother;s death, so he can't watch it

Shoot. I thought he was fantastic in Goodfellas, but he never really lived up to his promise. I mean, he followed it with Operation Dumbo Drop….

I don't think he looked terrible.

I'm watching Field of Dreams now. Ray Liotta is beautiful in this. His intensity is fascinating.

I'm at the scene where Ray (Kevin Costner) goes to Terence Mann (James Earl Jones). Ray knocks, introduces himself, Terence slams the door in his face. Ray knocks again, Terence opens the door again, furious and says "We got a learning disability here?" I will be using that line in the future.

R209 is probably correct. Some sort of stroke. The guy smoked for 50 years...

I loved Liotta's portrayal of Shoeless Joe as someone longing to right wrongs. I remember tearing up during one viewing of Field of Dreams where Shoeless Joe tells Moonlight Graham that he was good.

I guess he was fine, but I seem to be in a tiny minority who found "Field of Dreams" to be maudlin treacle.

I had to have a root canal after swallowing all that syrupy sugar!

All Costner movies are that, r212.

I was shocked by how great he was in A Marriage Story from 2019. One of those amazing performances where the actor BECOMES the character- like you're watching a documentary and he's just a real person. I felt he should've been nominated.

He was so unusual looking - those eyes. I was mystified as a kid and thought he was wearing eyeliner.

He didn't look great. But at least he didn't suffer and drag on with cancer or dementia etc. He went peacefully in his sleep.

I didn't like him in Hannibal.

"Bull Durham" wasn't maudlin treacle, thank God.

One of the better journyman American actors. A pity.

R30 the black bikini undies in Something Wild made me gay

He went out in a peaceful way

His plastic surgery made him look older and uglier.

It reminds me that Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable and Gary Cooper all died within a year of other other and all around or below 60 years old. I wonder what that was like at the time to lose icons who were still relatively young. I guess it was a different time before social media maybe people didn’t feel the impact so much.

[quote]His plastic surgery made him look older and uglier.

Yes, R224, it's unbelievable that he was pushing 70 and yet looked nothing like his high school yearbook photo from the '70s.

[italic]That’s all the money that we had, Karen!

I liked him lots of films but all I can think of now is that creepy one of the Hannibal Lecter films where Lecter has sawed off the top of Liotta's head and has him eating his own brain.

[quote]I guess he was fine, but I seem to be in a tiny minority who found "Field of Dreams" to be maudlin treacle.

I think a whole lot of people agree with you. I love it nonetheless.

R188 that’s the cum shot!

I heard on the news he wasn't Italian at all. That was his adoptive family's name. He was completely Scottish in real life.

A few here mentioned like me, we either are 67 or are turning 67 this yr. Back in the late 70s we did coke every night we were out and that was most of the week...Jeez I hope having fun isn't going to come back and bite us on the ass by killing us within the next few yrs....

Anyone wondering where the “Karen” label came from needs too was GFs..Lorraine B played the ultimate Karen

He was also one of the celebrity Colonels in the KFC ads.

I watched a super-cut of all the celebrity KFC ads just last week; the Billy Zane ones were pretty freakin' funny.

R234, Ray gave off warm vibes . He was and is a good soul

Thanks, R233. I didn't know Ray Liotta was part of that KFC campaign. That was fun.

Regarding his plastic surgery- I cannot tell of it was an overzealous brow lift or a really bad eye job. His eyes looked very small- but usually that surgery opens them up. Or maybe he had the fat scooped out of the upper/lower areas- I cannot tell.

Anyway- he is free of that now.

Underrated and frightening performance- Unlawful Entry-

Pretty decent thriller and VERY VERY 90's.

He scared me in that one. RIP Ray.

Goodfellas alone is some kind of career.

I think he was fighting a hard illness

Really R238? Maybe that will be revealed at some point..

R233 thanks, priceless at the end!

One of a handful of actors who weren't A-list but will be immortal because of one key performance. Ridiculous that he wasn't nominated for Goodfellas, he's either in every scene or narrates it. I looked it up, DeNiro worn critics awards for it, I guess for standing around and mumbling?

A podcast I listen to called "You Are Good" has a nice episode on GoodFellas and in other episodes the host references the movie often. She describes his looks in the final 30 minutes as "like Tom Hulce on his deathbed in Amadeaus", haha. Worth a listen.

Critic’s Appreciation: Ray Liotta Was More Than Another Magnetic Screen Wise Guy:

That was a very heart-warming tribute, R188.

R244 Nice article. It's good seeing him getting credit for his great work, but I read an interview with him that he said he didn't have any interest in being a Tom Cruise type movie star. He saw himself as a more Al Pacino and Robert Deniro type and just wanted to work regularly and have a relatively private life. He also tried to date women who weren't actresses or at least weren't really famous.

Didn't Liotta date that stuntwoman who was paralyzed on the set of The Cannonball Run?

Yes, r247, and she wrote about how kind and sensual he was with her

R247 R248 Name please? I'd like to read about their relationship.

Here is her obit r249. She and Ray hooked up after her accident. They remained lifelong friends. It’s a very sad story for her she died a few years ago at age 59

He didn't outlive her by much.

I am certain we'll hear eventually he had some sort of degenerative disease he had kept quiet about. He just looked too strange in his later years for it not to have a cause.

Rosie O'Donnell posted her 3 interviews with Ray Liotta. In the first IV, she asks him about acting with DeNiro (Cop Land). Ray doesn't dish dirt, but it's obvious DeNiro isn't a favorite. Ray says Sly Stallone was more friendly (forgot how he phrased it). Rosie shows a clip from Another World. Wow, Ray looked young and handsome.

I have heard the same before, that Stallone is nice and DeNiro can be a self absorbed prick.

Ray was one of those cool actors that everyone liked. He was a great actor. Friendly to colleagues and fans. Just an all around decent guy.

What a hard struggle life became for Heidi von Beltz.

He was great and menacing in The Place Beyond the Pines. Wonderfully casted

[quote]Wonderfully casted.

This was meant as a joke, right?

We have a “casted” troll.

"Casted" makes the grammar prisspots' assholes even more clenched than usual.

Dying in bed. It happens.

Ray really had that Italian Anerican wise guy look down for someone who wasn't Italian by birth. Robert DeNiro is another one who plays that part well even though he's mostly Irish in real life.

True r262. Deniro is only about 1/4 Italian. He's mostly German and Irish.

Sean Penn, who everybody thinks is 100% Irish, is only a quarter Irish. He's 1/2 Jewish and 1/4 Italian

There's a perfectly nice photo of Liotta and his wife dining out in the Domincan, two nights before his death. He looks fine, but his skin was always bad and kind of colorless. People who say he had so much plastic surgery seem to overlook that he needed full and multiple chemical peels his whole career. They either didn't work or he didn't have them. He looks like he might have had a tug after 60, but not all worked on like that freak Fonda. He always had those wild eyelashes and next to no lips and pretty eyes and seemed a lot less rough than he looked. Even in films. He played plaintive as well as crazy. But his face kind of cast him in villainy. Very interesting onscreen presence and a good actor. He had some slyness, slickness and lots of street-corner charm. I'm a fan.

R267. ^ This type of person has ceased being a human being - they exist only on the internet and in the poison ether of our troubled world.^

R267, get some help. You need therapy.

He was so good in Unlawful Entry that I hated him for a bit he was so despicable. Kurt Russell played terrorized really well.

R279 lighten up. It’s the DL! God!

The wife must have offed him for the insurance $$$$.

He wasn't yet married to his fianceé, she'll get nothing.

If you want to see him near naked and full grown take a look at Revolver.

Peace to his soul, he was a very nice looking guy and he survived the gossips. Bless.

Played gay on The Jennifer Lopez Show.

R265 Nice photo, thanks. Ray had an awful complexion, same as Bill Murray. No matter how many skin peels he had, high-def couldn't change those scars. I loved the guy! There was always a sweetness to him even when playing a hood. Those baby blues were beautiful.

R276 Looked like he was a GREAT kisser!

It says something about his character that so many of his co-stars genuinely seemed gutted that he died.

Listen to Marc Maron WTF podcast episode with Liotta from 2018. Gut wrenching.

R280 Why? What did they talk about?

Has Maeve Kinkead issued a statement?

Yes, r277; Ray had beautiful eyes.

R274 Just because he hadn't yet married his fiancé doesn't necessarily mean she'll get nothing. He could have provided for her in his will, despite not being married to her.

The fiancee could be his life insurance beneficiary.

I think everything goes to his daughter. Don't think he has a will

Where are his costars' statements from his AW days? Only Vicki Dawson (Eileen Simpson Perrini) has issued a statement.

Only on DL do people give a fuck about some soap opera from forty fucking years ago. Jesus Christ.

Ray’s soul is eternally young

Any of you bitches ever had him? I know he's straight but he's still an actor.

Here's a nice, long interview with Ray Liotta. He had a fear of death (he said so here & in a Larry King interview). So, dying in his sleep sounds like a nice way to go, for him or anybody.

He must have been very sick. OP's photo indicates serious illness.

Something requiring chemo, perhaps.

[quote]That's a rough looking 67, was he ill?

News flash, as soon as you hit 50 you are rough looking by default.

R287 How funny that you don't think Ray Lotta had a will. How in God's name would you know?

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R297 would be surprised at the number of baby boomers who can't for the life of them navigate to a website using a url.

They needed a STUDY to do simple arithmetic?!

Yes, class; people born in 1946, or 1949 like me, pretty much won't make it to 2044. Duh.

But we can tell analog time, r298!

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[quote]Deaths of Baby Boomers 'to peak in 2044' study shows – when the post-war generation's women will be 90 and its men 88

The Baby Boomers started in 1946. In 2044 female Boomers will be 88, not 90.

Cher was born in 1946 and will be 98 in 2044.

Will any of the Another World cast be there? What about Vicky Wyndham? Will she be there?

Dammit, where is Richard Bekins' statement? Or Laura Malone's? The silence is deafening.

He died in the Dominican Republic. Isn't that where there have been a lot of odd tourist deaths lately?

Has Kathleen Widdoes commented yet? What is she waiting for? Ray played her son, damnit!

Poor Kathleen. She was just getting over the loss of her beloved Lisa Brown, and now Ray! I'm glad she and dear Maeve can share their grief.

Has Susan Lucci commented yet? Yes, they were on different soaps, but Susan and Ray appeared together at our local mall as part of Joyce Becker’s soap opera festival, so and Ray and LaLooch knew each other. Where’s her statement?

I once spotted Ray and Beverly Penberthy sharing a cab from the AW studio. Do we know when she will be commenting?

He probably was murdered for insurance money. Sad. I hope a full investigation is pursued.

[quote] Just because he hadn't yet married his fiancé

Oh, dear!

[quote] Cher was born in 1946 and will be 98 in 2044.

Yeah, but she’ll be too busy getting more work done to celebrate.

More work IS the celebration 🎉🎉🍨🕺🏾

Its very sad to me. Many of these boomers in my life have died in the 66-68 year old range. All in the last 5 years or so..Very healthy and with decent genetics..

This 88 and 90 year old shit sounds like bull to me.

Has someone started a Larry King thread for Ray?

Daily Stale said that an autopsy will be performed this week and toxicology results soon.

He looked good here. Obviously he looked older but to me he didnt appear ill

He looks so pale and disoriented here

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