Sad news today. One of my favourite modern American actors had died suddenly, at a relatively young age.
He was the star of ‘Goodfellas’, one of my favourite films, which featured in my all-time Top Ten.
Many of his other performances were memorable too, including ‘Sin City’, the underrated ‘Narc’, the marvellous ‘Copland’, and ‘Hannibal’. He was in ‘Field of Dreams’, ‘Unlawful Entry’, ‘Phoenix’, ‘Revolver’, and many more.
He was not a ‘thespian’, far from it. But his engaging smile, good looks in his youth, and tough-guy persona often lifted a film that he was in.
I will miss him. But we will always have ‘Goodfellas’.
RIP, Ray Liotta.
beetleypete 
Very sad news. I will miss his intensity on screen
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Thanks, V. I always thought he was greatly underrated.
Cheers, Pete.
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He really was
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I only remember him from Goodfellas, but never have known his full name. Thanks for the reminder, Pete! May he rest in peace! xx Michael
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He was in other good films, but ‘Goodfellas’ was his major starring role.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Very sad news. He was a great actor, and way too young to die.
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Yes, 67 is no longer old by modern standards.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I know. Best to you, Pete.
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Yes, he was a great one.
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I think he was also underrated, Irene. Sad he should die so relatively young.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great actor and will be sadly missed
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He was a better actor than he was given credit for, I reckon.
Cheers, Rich.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes sad, he was good
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He was indeed. Thanks, Kelly.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Have a good weekend
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You too. 🙂
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I haven’t watched those particular films you mention, but I have seen him in something but can’t remember what…
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Many of his films were quite violent, but he always brought something extra to his roles.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Same age as I: much too young, and a sad loss to acting, Cheers, Jon.
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Thanks, Jon. He was younger than me of course, which always makes me think about mortality.
Best wishes, Pete.
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He will be missed….R.I.P. chuq
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Thanks, chuq. he always brought something to a film, and he shone in ‘Goodfellas’.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sad news indeed Pete 😦 When I first heard that Ray Liotta died, my heart stopped as If no, that has to be a mistake – sadly it was not 😦 You have mentioned all of the highlights including Goodfellas and Narc (both masterpieces) 🙂 Another one you should mention is Jonathan Demme’s Something Wild as Melanie Griffith’s violent tempered ex-boyfriend.
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Yes, I do love that film, John.
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one of my favs, too. I spent couple of days with him doing movie pr, back in my advertising days. he was a sweetheart.
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Glad to hear you met him, and can confirm he was a nice guy, Beth.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Very sad news, and so young.
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Yes, 67 no longer seems old. I remember when my grandfather died at 65, (in 1965) nobody thought that was too young.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I was saddened to hear of his passing. I enjoyed his performances.
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Me too. Thanks, Liz.
Best wishes, Pete.
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You’re welcome, Pete.
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Ray had a hard life. But I will miss him too. He was far nicer as an individual than he was in character, that is for sure. I know that for a long time, he would actually visit with people at that iconic front gate to his estate …He had this speaker phone installed there…
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Thanks for adding that, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sad news, I did like him a lot.
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Me too, FR.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I was quite upset when Anthony Hopkins ate his brain, he was so nice and twinkly looking even when he was a bad guy.
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He certainly had a twinkle in his eye, FR. 🙂
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Indeed, he was one of my favorites Warmest regards, Ed
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A good actor who was in some very fine films. RIP
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He was indeed.
Thanks, Don.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Isn’t that sad. Sounds rather suspicious to me, being in the Dominican and all.
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I know what you mean, GP. But I hope not.
Best wishes, Pete.
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The best way to die, at least. If you remember the diner that featured in Goodfellas, it was very close to JFK. My friend Tim and I used to go there as it was really good.
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Yes, he didn’t suffer. That’s a blessing.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, we will see if it was a heart attack or something else, but a shocking and unnecessary death for that age…he was such a compelling screen presence!
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He died in his sleep, John. I will miss him in films.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I will miss him. “Goodfellas” was one of my greatest loved movies.
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Me too, Ron. I must have seen it 6 times since I watched it at the cinema.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That’s shocking! I’ve always liked Ray Liotta! One of the rare handsome actors who could play a villain convincingly. This is a great loss!
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Yes indeed. He was born to play a ‘smiling villain’, David.
Best wishes, Pete.
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67 is relatively young, Pete. It is always sad to read of a death.
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I enjoyed so many of his films, Robbie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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