# Ray Liotta passes away at 67 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [May 26, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154 "2022-05-26T16:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/1 "2022-05-26T16:23:35Z")
Liotta earned his lifetime pass as Henry Hill in the iconic _Goodfellas_. Many will also remember a young Liotta as Shoeless Joe Jackson in _Field of Dreams_. > **[Ray Liotta Dies: ‘Goodfellas’ Star & ‘Field Of Dreams’ Actor Was 67](https://deadline.com/2022/05/ray-liotta-dies-67-goodfellas-1235033521/)** > > A shocker. Ray Liotta, the terrific actor whose career breakout came in the 1990 Martin Scorsese crime classic Goodfellas after co-starring in Field of Dreams, has died. He was 67. Deadline hears t… ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/2 "2022-05-26T16:27:34Z")
Also loved him in _Cop Land_ and _Observe and Report_. This is a shocker. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/3 "2022-05-26T16:42:27Z")
Let’s not forget Tommy Vercetti in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City! This really bums me out. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/4 "2022-05-26T16:49:01Z")
I remeber his guest starring appearance on ER. Just looked it up. The episode was named Time of Death and he won an Emmy for it. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/5 "2022-05-26T17:14:17Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Let’s not forget Tommy Vercetti in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City! That’s what I think of when I think of Liotta. For the first time, we had a GTA protagonist who actually felt like a living, breathing person, instead of someone whom you put a gun and car in his possession and point him at unwitting cops. _Vice City_ was a game-changer for the GTA franchise. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/6 "2022-05-26T17:21:01Z")
He was an awesome actor. He was so good as the horrible cop in _unlawful entry_ that my husband had a very hard time watching him in other movies for a long time. RIP Mr. Liotta. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/7 "2022-05-26T17:32:38Z")
First thing I saw him in was the Jonathon Demme film _Something Wild_ when it was released in 1986. Very menacing performance. A great loss. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/8 "2022-05-26T17:40:05Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Many will also remember a young Liotta as Shoeless Joe Jackson in _Field of Dreams_. ☹ Although like **Kolak\_of\_Twilo** my first memory of him is as Melanie Griffith’s psycho ex boyfriend in “Something Wild”. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/9 "2022-05-26T17:42:28Z")
What?! 😒 Far too young. Talented and just plain fun to watch onscreen. He’ll be missed. > [@veryfrank](#): > > Also loved him in _Cop Land_… Yeah. Everyone was good in that, weren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/10 "2022-05-26T17:55:30Z")
I really like No Escape as well. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/11 "2022-05-26T18:53:36Z")
The last two movies I saw him in, **The Many Saints…** and **No Sudden Move** , I remember thinking he doesn’t look very healthy. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/12 "2022-05-26T19:03:54Z")
He was great as Johnny Depp’s dad in **Blow**. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/13 "2022-05-26T19:12:33Z")
I just saw him in two different cameos over the last week: as himself in Modern Family and as a bookie / tough guy in Young Sheldon. Very amusing in both. RIP, sir. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/14 "2022-05-26T19:14:41Z")
67 years old? Dang. Did he have an illness? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/15 "2022-05-26T19:47:25Z")
This news saddened me. Goodfellas is a decent movie. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/16 "2022-05-26T20:16:29Z")
> [@split\_p\_j](#): > > I really like No Escape as well. A deeply underappreciated - and mostly forgotten - movie. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/17 "2022-05-26T20:20:08Z")
I loved him in **Dominick and Eugene**. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/18 "2022-05-26T20:26:27Z")
I was just telling my wife, he was the only celebrity I’ve ever seen acting out in public. Many years ago (‘95 I believe), I was in Seattle with my first girlfriend, and we were wanting to go to the Space Needle. Unfortunately it was blocked off and unavailable. But Ray Liotta was in front with a film crew doing a scene. I found out later it was for the movie _Unforgettable_. I’ve actually never seen the movie, but it was pretty neat that we randomly got to watch them filming part of it. RIP Ray. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/19 "2022-05-26T20:28:05Z")
Something Wild. He captured both the look and the attitude of mid 80’s. Wearing those black cowboy boots was a style. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154/20 "2022-05-26T21:08:28Z")
He would have made an excellent Captain Pike given his resemblance to Jeffrey Hunter. As it was, he made a fine psycho in several films. However, I will always remember him for _Hannibal_ (2001) in which he was one of very few actors ever to play a scene with an exposed brain (and eat part of it). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-liotta-passes-away-at-67/965154.md?page=2)