Ray Liotta was a remarkably compelling actor for this era. According to multiple media reports, he died in his sleep last night at the age of 67. Liotta was filming a movie in the Dominican Republican at the time of his death.
Ray Liotta was best known for his performances in the movies Goodfellas, Cop Land and Field of Dreams. He was a very strong actor, a deliberate persona on camera, and kept a generally low profile in his private life. [Fox News Story Here]
RIP.
Great actor.
good actor in all I have seen him in…..he did not express his politics that I know in a public way which is as it should be…most gain fame then use their newfound relevancy to comment on the irrelevant to their profession….he will be missed….RIP Ray Liotta
Was super happy to see him show up on the show Hanna. Always loved watching him do his thing.
He was one of a kind….. There will never be another Ray Liotta!
RIP friend.
phenomenal actor and he will forever be immortalized in one of the greatest gif/meme’s ever.
You got that right.
Man, that’s too young. 67 is not old. Was he health compromised? Didn’t seem so from recent movies I’ve seen.
He wasn’t looking to good in 2021 The Many Saints of Newark movie….maybe it was just the filming/editing etc.
As a 66 yr old, trust me, I am NOT young. It pisses me off when people say crap like this.
It’s all in how you view yourself and what you want from life. . I’m 78 and certainly don’t consider myself old.
Me too
Clint Eastwood, I believe is 90+, when asked how he keeps his busy working schedule at his age…
His answer – “I don’t let the old man in” Nice!!
I’ll be 80 in Sept.. awaiting a great grand son momentarily (grand dtr in labor now :)) – Don’t feel it, don’t act it, and from what people say don’t look it… Living my best life!!!
Classic Clint.
And I just made you a 100th upvote. 😉
Right on brother, I”m about to be 74 and just hitting middle age…
I just hope I don’t die before my cat dies.
I’m 66 yo … and FAR from old. Yes, and FAR from young. But I still push my body and mind like I was 25 … until it screams STOP!! I refuse to ever be ollllllld.
I just had a picture pop up on my phone of a good friend when he was 52 and I was 38. Now I’m 52 and he is 66 and wow is that a good reminder to make the most of the time you get.
We’re running a 25K together next month.
I am 64 and do more by 9am than most 25year olds do in week. Ray was damn good actor he became the role and role became him enough said!.
Too young to die.
I’m 67 and I still feel young.
Still ride my bicycle, have a membership at an any time gym.
Still drive my MoPar.
I love me some MoPar. Do tell sir. Classic
or new?
I am 73 years young!! Plan on 20 more minimum!!
RIP Ray….
Speak for yourself.
I’m 70 and my biggest problem in life is my wife 6 yrs younger isn’t “in the mood” often enough and yes I can and do deliver when she is. I’d be happy with twice a week but I don’t see that happening.
I’d offer health advice but you didn’t ask.
Try flowers
Dark chocolate with a red cab…
Everything wears off eventually.
Get Biblical – try a concubine?
[Note: a Biblical concubine was actually a formal relationship, the woman just didn’t have inheritance rights like a wife]
BTDT.
A very dear friend of mine is a psychiatrist. He told me that in all of his years of private practice there was one thing that women told him repeatedly about the men in their life.
They want to feel cherished.
He said he’d observed that if the men valued and appreciated them that the women would walk to the end of the earth and back for them.
Try this is you haven’t done so.
You have a brilliant friend! Very good advice.
Is he single?
A friend of mine (PhD psychologist/college instructor) told me he could solve most of his private practice married couple problems if he could just rearrange his high libido clients with other high libido clients and the low with the low. Quite often it was the women crying her husband would never touch her….
I wonder if women ever ask what men want?
Try contemplating what else you “deliver” inside your relationship. Our (women’s) desire for sex, especially in a long-term relationship, is very much connected to what our men willingly “deliver” (without expecting “payment”) that lightens our load outside the bedroom. Especially as we get older, the more we have to do to pick up the slack for what you neglect/forget/refuse to do, the more tired and ultimately, resentful, we grow. A worn out, resentful wife will very consciously be not “in the mood” … trust me.
I cook at times. I keep the cars running. I do dishes about half the time. Bring home dinner often.
Rebuilding out house. Maintain the motor home. Maintain the pool and I don’t even use said pool. Grocery shop when asked. Bring home flowers. Drive a 4 hr round trip to get the best chocolate I’ve ever tasted….
Nope not feeling guilty for not doing enough.
Menopause symptoms could be a reason.
Yep. Surgical menopause and won’t take any hormones.
Sorry to hear my brother. I just turned 70 and feel great. Exercise, a good diet and supplements go a long way. And a martini or two per week doesn’t hurt!
From the lofty heights of 76 … you’re just a kid.
To paraphrase (fictional character) Indiana Jones, “It’s not the years, it’s the mileage”.
I’m 52, and remember walking to school in the snow– uphill both ways!
He smoked.
Oh….
Your telling me??? I was born in 1954 too……… not feeling comfortable now!
1948 kid here!! I’m still racing cars!! Let’s Gooo!!
He was a heavy smoker for years. The only reason I know is because he did a commercial for one of the pharmaceutical companies a few years back that was advertising an antidepressant being used as an aide to quitting smoking. He said the drug helped him kick the habit.
He was a spokesperson for Chantix a few years back. Made commercials talking about how it helped him quit smoking. Problem was, he kept right on smoking. They dropped him because of that.
Oh no
I believe Pfizer was sued because Chantix was believed by some to cause suicidal emotions. Pfizer had to take it off the market.
I wonder if he took Pfizer’s clot shot, too.
Big question of the day.
Like Mark Twain always said, “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing, I’ve done it hundreds of times”.
I had a boss that had issues..he was on the Chantix for a few months.
He assaulted me physically without provocation at our workplace.
He left his career early with a stack of complaints against him.
Nasty stuff that!
Don’t forget genetics…
Cheers!
I’ll be 71 this year..still outside doing weedeating, pushing a mower, using a pole chainsaw, carrying fifty pound dog food bags into the house, and I’m a girl, lol. Stay active and keep doing chorse.
Ditto- closer to 80 though. I built my own shed and do almost all of my house maintenance etc. myself. Some of my guy friends say I have a better shop and tools than they do. My kids always stop by my house first before heading off to Home Depot or Lowes- I usually have what they need if it’s for a repair or maintenance or yard work. The secret is to keep moving. Have a few issues but always see people daily that are so much worse off. I thank the Lord each and every day that I wake up and I’m not looking at grass roots.
I believe he was a chain smoker for quite a while. He did a commercial for a nicotine patch or something like that.
I’m old (79) and damn proud of it.
Pretty darn young, betting it was the Jab…not “natural causes”…
Was absolutely awesome in Goodfellas, one of my greatest movies.
FrankieZee: Same, here. Great acting.
<Was absolutely awesome in Goodfellas>
Great scene…
Pesci to Liotta: ‘What do you mean I’m a funny guy?’ 🙂
“Funny how?”
“Am I a clown for your amusement”?
Also a movie that closely depicted life in NY/NJ at that time.
Everyone remembers him from goodfellas (rightly so) but he was outstanding in almost every role he played. No Escape and Unlawful Entry are a couple of forgotten gems.
No Escape is REALLY underrated as is Revolver.
I am so glad you brought up Revolver. Everybody needs to see that film. That last scene between him and Jason was a consummate performance. Thanks for the memories. Rest In Peace Ray.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0272207/
Also great in “The Line”. Under the radar role, but he was first rate in it.
Yes, he could play a very scary guy so well!
Love Ray Liotta movies. RIP
Wish he made more
Seemed like he had a decent heart. Somewhere along the way I got the impression he may have had some lung or heart issues.
I get a smile on my face when I think about Something Wild!
I just bought a copy of FREQENCY this morning, one of his movies>
I am genuinely saddened. He truly was one of my very favorite actors.
Is this heaven?
No, it’s Iowa.
Did he not do some “stop smoking” ads? Perhaps Der Teufel Tabak did him in!
He was too young, and these days with more nonagenarians and centenarians than ever before, that age is rather young!
I am in my early 70’s, 6′ 3″, 185, and can outrun my grade school students any day…with a little warming up first! 🙂
Ausonius. Careful…act your age. You could drop dead showing off. I envy the shape you think you’re in, tbough.
Lol!! He knows! Doesn’t think! We either have good genes or we don’t . I do. Gracias Dios!
Act your age and you will be your age. Screw that.
64 and my grand kids tell me to turn down the music love led Zeppelin crank it up!!!
Lol excellent. 62 here and do the same!
Amen, Mycroft!
You are in the club! 🙂
We all die sometime. Better outdoors than inside on a couch.
Your stride is probably twice a grade school child’s simply because you are 6’3”. Anyway, good for you.!
You revealed my secret! 😉
what is this run thing you write of?
Heh-heh! I do prefer a bicycle and a clear path!
Will always be a young Joe Jackson (who is from my hometown) to me.
Yes – he played “Shoeless Joe Jackson” – from Field of Dreams (1989)
Can’t help but wonder if he got the vax and/or boosters.
Watched this interview with (former Pfizer scientist) Dr. Michael Yeadon last evening. Recommended to all (and you’ll understand my wondering re: Mr. Liotta):
https://usawatchdog.com/cv19-virus-vax-about-control-not-health-dr-michael-yeadon/
Loved Ray, great actor!
I hope the jabs didn’t kill him, but when you die in your sleep… it is very suspicious.
Only an autopsy will tell.
RIP.
They would never admit it if it was the shot.
Was one of my favorites back when I still cared and before he started wearing masks in public.
Dang. He had some great roles.
My guess~took the dam vac n boosters all the shezz. A lot r dying bcuz of it. Bet it comes out heart issues n the docs are all sayin it causes myocarditis. Sorry peeps but Im not takin no vax, my immune system can cure or kill me when its on God’s time not b4 😊
Many people die “young” and always have. I speak from personal family experience.
Yes when It’s Time It’s’s time and I’m gonna live all of it.
Rest in peace Ray 🙁 round & round the clock spins and time goes marching on.
Also gone today Alan White 72, drummer for the legendary mindrock band YES.
Everybody…: Nuts! Yes was and is part of my life’s soundtrack, especially from the 70s, of course.
That’s sad. What makes that song great? Because it is GREAT … and first introduced me to PROG Rock.
Rick Beato is great.
Absolutely!
They surely don’t make music like back in the day… Rock on YES! R.I.P. Ray!
Both he and Bruford rocked. RIP Alan White.
Also, Andy Fletcher 60 years old from Depeche Mode. No cause of death revealed.
https://ew.com/music/andy-fletcher-depeche-mode-keyboardist-dies-at-60/
Too young. I wonder if he got the vaccines? I know of many unexpected deaths in the past year.
Ray deserved to be a bigger star, but he was probably too intense and scared the teenage girls.
He wouldn’t sacrifice his acting integrity.
Goodfellas rivals The Godfather for the best gangster film of all time, and Goodfellas was, in my opinion, Scorsese’s best film.
Agree.
Funny how Taxi Driver, which was celebrated at the time, has been nearly forgotten. And Raging Bull is now seen as more style than substance. But Goodfellas? You can watch that film over and over, and find new stuff. Wow.
Also Smokin’ Aces and many other good ones including Hannibal, I still remember the scene when Hannibal Lecter removed the top of Krendler’s skull and cooked some of his brains.
RIP Ray Liotta
omgosh.. yes. I was waiting to see if someone would mention Hannibal ..
somehow, someway i stayed on the channel while that scene was on. I couldn’t change the channel fast enough.. I still regret that scene is in my head. But I did like Ray..
brace for impact Ray…….
Gave me the heebie jeebies!!!!! R.I.P. Ray!
First time I saw him was in Something Wild. He was great and I knew he would be awesome in Goodfellas knowing what he was like in Something Wild.
I really enjoyed his films. He was one actor whose name on the credits influenced my decision to watch or not.
RIP.
Me too. He wasn’t the biggest star but he was one of the best, and certainly popular.
He was great in Something Wild– https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0091983/?ref_=m_nmfmd_act_118
Great actor! RIP Ray Liotta!
An attorney I used was his neighbor when Ray was growing up in an Italian neighborhood in NJ. He said his adoptive parents were great and he was a good kid. Ray never forgot where he came from and came back to visit his old friends and neighbors and often invited them to parties, premiers and such. He seems to have been one of the good guys in Hollywood. Too young, RIP.
He was a “funny guy!”
Real good actor. RIP Ray Liotta.
Recall getting a text saying that. Moment he stole the election he reneged on it…
Didn’t vote for for him
I wasn’t with all that glorified goodfellow crap but he played a real good bad cop
Sad news May he rest in peace. I want to know what the hell is going on in the Dominion republic, dodgy patterns of loss of life there.
He was apparently on location shooting ‘Dangerous Waters‘.
“A sailing holiday spirals out of control when a teenage daughter uncovers the dark past of her mother’s new boyfriend.”
Sounds like it would have been good. Because of him.
One of my all time favorites – RIP.
RIP. We lose so many of the good actors, too early.
His character Charlie Metcalf in ER episode “Time of Death”, was brilliant TV.
RIP.
Why won’t anybody talk about the 800 pound gorilla in the room!?!?
How much was he vaxxed???
I would bet he had the full measure of vaccines. However, his history as a heavy smoker likely had weight as well. I remember him doing advertising for smoking cessation products where he outlined his habit. IDK if he quit or not.
Love Ray, Great actor was believable in his roles and kept his life fairly private. A note to all who think 67 is too young. It is but death comes to us all, some never made it that far.
To the ones bragging about about what great shape your in, I spent 40 years doing manual labor, great shape, smoked drank beer, ended up with 3 different types of cancer, age? 64 age now 66 shape? half of where I was. So dont get to ahead of your skis, it can get you fast..
Yep, the physical part can beat the body up as much, or more, than the vices. Depends on what and where. Thomas Jefferson lived to 83, dying in the early 1800’s. He labored with his mind, nothing like a coal miner who got the black lung and died long prior to his four score and seven.
I’m about your age and worked in petrochem back before all the safety stuff and owned a machine shop for 34 years. I thank God every day for the health I enjoy. Never, ever take it for granted. Both parents smoked pretty much for life. I never did. Welding fumes and chem vapors, smoked those plenty.
Ray had a good run. His volume of films are testament to a life of creation beyond the personal. Rest in peace.
‘Night Ray.
He really made magic.
Very sad news, I always liked him. RIP😞🙏🏻
To me, the mark of a great actor, and there are few, is when I watch them on the screen and I’m not thinking of other roles I have seen them play. Ray Liotta was a great actor.
He starred in a movie called “Operation Dumbo Drop”, based on a true story from a book by Jim Morris, a Green Beret. He did a good job in that movie and it was quite a contrast from his Good Fellas role.
Thanks for the memories! We took the kids to the drive in to see that movie and our battery died… I still remember that night! lol
I sat next to him at Repetti’s restaurant in Kenilworth, NJ once. He was with his father. Nice, down to earth guy.
Repetti’s! On Kenilworth Blvd. My wife and I had our wedding rehearsal at Repetti’s.
Worked out regularly. Not overweight.
Phenomenal actor! Loved his work!! RIP!
Yet another famous person dying suddenly and unexpectedly. I hope in this case we learn the truth about what killed him. I would be willing to bet that mRNA injections had something to do with his death. There are just far to many apparently healthy people (famous and otherwise) just dropping dead without explanation.
One thing you can be sure of: If the jab killed him, we will never be told.
I met Ray while he was doing a movie named Dominic and Eugene next to my farm in Pennsylvania. Nice guy. Also met Jamie Lee Curtis. She was a jerk.