US actor Ray Liotta has died in the Dominican Republic at the age of 67. According to media reports, the “Goodfellas” star was on the holiday island for filming.
The US actor Ray Liotta, known from films such as “Goodfellas” and “Field of Dreams”, is dead. Liotta died at the age of 67 in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming, according to his agent and the Caribbean state’s film authorities confirmed Thursday. According to his agent, the actor died in his sleep. No information was initially given about the cause of death.
Liotta shot the new film “Dangerous Waters” in the Dominican Republic. He was accompanied by his fiancée, a spokeswoman for the country’s film authority told the AFP news agency. The celebrity website “TMZ” and the film portal “Deadline” initially reported on Liotta’s death.
“Goodfellas” makes him immortal
Born in 1954 in Newark on the US East Coast, the actor is best known for his starring role in the 1990 gangster epic Goodfellas. In the film directed by legend Martin Scorsese, he played an aspiring gangster alongside Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. The year before, he starred opposite Kevin Costner in the baseball film Field of Dreams.
Other well-known films are “Operation Dumbo” (1995) and “Cop Land” with Sylvester Stallone (1997) and most recently the “Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark” from last year. Liotta won an Emmy in 2005 for a guest appearance in the medical series “Emergency Room”.
Source: Stern
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