Three weeks after her father’s untimely death, Karsen Liotta is opening up about the devastating loss.
27.05.2022 - 05:29 / msn.com
Ray Liotta following his death at the age of 67. The Goodfellas star died in his sleep while away in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming a new movie. His death sent shockwaves through fans of film and TV, as well as gaming communities since Liotta played a key role in making the games what everyone knows and loves.
Liotta voiced Vice City protagonist Tommy Vercetti in the Rockstar Games, well and truly making the character his own. He took on the role a long time ago, telling Conan O’Brien back in 2003: ‘You’re just sitting there cursing at people. It’s fun to do.
’Sharing their sadness over Liotta’s shock death, GTA lovers celebrated him as ‘one of the best GTA protagonists. ’ Gaming YouTuber Jon (known online as MrDalekJD) branded Liotta a ‘true legend’, tweeting: ‘RIP Ray Liotta. A true legend of cinema with some amazing performances and is forever embedded in COD Zombies for playing Billy Handsome in Mob of the Dead, and in GTA Vice City as Tommy Vercetti.
’‘Rest In Peace Ray Liotta. Thank you for voicing the main character in the first GTA game I ever played,’ tweeted fellow gaming YouTuber Speirs. One adoring fan wrote: ‘ray liotta could do wonderful things on screen, a truly expressive actor but what needs to be praised as well is the fact that he gave so much life with just a voiceover to tommy vercetti in gta: vice city you’d be hard pressed to find a better main character.
’ (sic)‘Rest in peace Ray Liotta aka Tommy Vercetti. You made our childhood awesome sir’, another penned. Liotta’s work as Tommy Vercetti won him a Spike Video Game Award for best performance, but GTA isn’t the only game he’ll be remembered for.
Three weeks after her father’s untimely death, Karsen Liotta is opening up about the devastating loss.
The trailer for one of Ray Liotta's final projects has been released. Before his death, Liotta completed the Apple TV+ series "Black Bird." The actor filmed six episodes as the character Big Jim Keene. Other projects Liotta had worked on before his sudden death include "Dangerous Waters" and "Cocaine Bear." The "Goodfellas" star had recently made an acting comeback with his role in the Apple TV+ series "Black Bird" along with "The Many Saints of Newark." A preview of one of Ray Liotta's last projects was released Tuesday.
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Heartbroken Jennifer Lopez has led tributes to Goodfellas star Ray Liotta who died in his sleep aged 67.The acting veteran was in the Dominican Republic at the time of his passing, where he was shooting the film, Dangerous Waters, his publicist Jennifer Allen said. And 52 year old Jennifer took to Instagram to gush about the late actor as she recalled her experience filming her cop drama Shades of Blue alongside him from 2016 to 2018. "Ray was my partner in crime on Shades of Blue … the first thing that comes to mind is he was so kind to my children," Jennifer began.
Ray Liotta — known for his iconic role as Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's film — started his career in Tinseltown in the 1980s. He skyrocketed to fame in "Goodfellas" when he portrayed a real-life mobster rising through the ranks of a crime family in Brooklyn. Liotta went on to star in dozens of film and television projects, including "The Many Saints of Newark," "Hannibal," and "Shades of Blue," and worked with Johnny Depp in the 2001 movie "Blow." Behind the camera, Liotta was a doting dad to daughter Karsen, 23, whom he shared with ex-wife, Michelle Grace. At the time of his death, Liotta was engaged to Jacy Nittolo.
Ray Liotta has died at the age of 67, according to a report by Deadline. The actor, best known for his leading role in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 crime classic Goodfellas, died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic while shooting a new project, Dangerous Waters.
Lorraine Bracco, Alessandro Nivola and Jamie Lee Curtis have led tributes to the late Ray Liotta. Messages of grief surrounding the death of the ‘Goodfellas’ star - who passed away, aged 67, while in the Dominican Republic shooting his new movie ‘Dangerous Waters’ - have poured in from his former co-stars and across the entertainment industry. Lorraine Bracco - who played his wife Karen Hill in the 1990 mob movie directed by Martin Scorsese - was “utterly shattered” by the “terrible news”.
Jennifer Lopez is mourning the loss of the late actor — and her former co-star — Ray Liotta.