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Ray Liotta’s daughter is paying heartfelt tribute to her late father.
On Thursday, Karsen Liotta, 23, broke her silence on her dad’s death with an emotional memorial post, featuring a sweet photo of herself as a young girl being held up in her father’s arms as they both smile for the camera.
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“Those who knew him, loved him. You are the best Dad anyone could ask for,” Karsen captioned the post. “I love you. Thank you for everything ”
She also took to her Instagram story to share a number of photos of herself and her father from different events in her childhood.
Liotta shared Karsen with his ex-wife, Michelle Grace. He is survived by Karsen and his fiancée, Jacy Nittolo.
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The celebrated actor died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, he was filming the drama “Dangerous Waters.” He was 67. The cause of death at this time is not known and the circumstances surrounding his death are also unclear.
After the news broke, Liotta’s friends, colleagues and former co-stars took to social media to pay tribute to him. See the video below for more on the late star’s life and legacy.
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Ray Liotta's daughter is paying heartfelt tribute to her late father.On Thursday, Karsen Liotta, 23, broke her silence on her dad's death with an emotional memorial post, featuring a sweet photo of herself as a young girl being held up in her father's arms as they both smile for the camera.«Those who knew him, loved him. You are the best Dad anyone could ask for,» Karsen captioned the post. «I love you.
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.
Robert De Niro is opening up about the loss of his late “Goodfellas” co-star, Ray Liotta, who died at age 67 in May.
Apple TV+ is sharing the first look at Ray Liotta in the new true-crime thriller “Black Bird”.
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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterFor the first time in two years, Tribeca Festival is going back indoors.After canceling the 2020 edition and staying mostly outside in 2021, the annual gathering is returning to traditional premieres, panels and parties to celebrate its 21st edition. It’s also staying put in Manhattan, a change from last year’s version that spanned all five boroughs of New York City.“We’re back to normal,” says Jane Rosenthal, who founded Tribeca Festival with Robert De Niro in 2002. “We are watching things together as a community.
Robert De Niro is opening up about the loss of his late costar, Ray Liotta, who died at age 67 in May.During an interview on the show on Monday, De Niro was asked about the sudden death of Liotta. While De Niro admitted he didn't personally know Liotta all that well after filming the 1990 gangster film, he shared that he really enjoyed watching the late actor's work in films.«He was a wonderful actor and I'm very sad,» De Niro said.
Ray Liotta made his mark as an actor with his portrayal of Henry Hill in the Martin Scorsese-directed 1990 gangster film, , and the impact of that role will live on forever. Following Liotta's death at age 67 in late May, Scorsese penned an emotional letter for where he reminisced on the actor and shared his regret for not working with him again following .«We had many plans to work together again but the timing was always off, or the project wasn’t quite right,» Scorsese wrote. «I regret that now.»The 79-year-old award-winning director went on to share that when he watched Liotta as Jay Marotta in the 2019 movie, his desire to work with him again was stronger than ever.«He’s genuinely scary in the role, which is precisely why he’s so funny — I remember feeling that I wanted to work with him again at this point in his life, to explore the gravity in his presence, so different from the young, sprightly actor he was when I met him,» Scorsese explained.«I wish I’d had the chance to see him just once more, too — to tell him just how much the work we did together meant to me,» Scorsese added.
Zack Sharf Martin Scorsese published a heartfelt tribute in The Guardian to the late actor Ray Liotta, whose most iconic role was Henry Hill in Scorsese’s gangster masterpiece “Goodfellas.” While Scorsese would go on to reunite with “Goodfellas” actors such as Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci after the release of his 1990 classic, he never got the chance to work with Liotta again. Following Liotta’s sudden death last month, Scorsese expressed regret over never reuniting with the actor.“We had many plans to work together again but the timing was always off, or the project wasn’t quite right.
died Thursday at 67, expressing her “deep love.”“My life these past couple of years have been nothing but truly magical,” Nittolo, 47, wrote. “Ray and I share a deep love that I will cherish in my heart forever.
Ray Liotta’s death announcement shocked the film industry, with many actors and directors publicly sharing emotional messages remembering the star.It was announced that Liotta died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic at 67. He was on location filming the movie ‘Dangerous Waters’ and accompanied by his fiancee Jacy Nittolo.“We were deeply saddened to learn of Ray’s passing, it’s a tremendous loss and our heartfelt condolences go out to his family, fiancé Jacy and daughter Karsen,” producers of the film shared to The Hollywood Reporter.The actor was known for his iconic roles throughout his successful career in Hollywood, from playing Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990), Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams (1989), to Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story (2019), Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move (2021) and Alan Taylor’s The Many Saints of Newark (2021).“He was so uniquely gifted, so adventurous, so courageous as an actor,” Martin Scorsese stated, sharing his experience working with him, “Playing Henry Hill in Goodfellas was a tall order, because the character had so many different facets, so many complicated layers, and Ray was in almost every scene of a long, tough shoot.”“He absolutely amazed me, and I’ll always be proud of the work we did together on that picture,” the acclaimed director declared.“My heart goes out to his loved ones, and it aches for his loss, way too early.” Robert De Niro stated, “I was very saddened to learn of Ray’s passing.