Ray Liotta looked happy and healthy in a selfie just days before dying in his sleep at a hotel in the Dominican Republic at the age of 67 where he had been filming a new movie
Ray Liotta looked happy and healthy in a selfie just days before dying in his sleep at a hotel in the Dominican Republic at the age of 67 where he had been filming a new movie.
The Goodfellas actor seemed in good condition as he graciously posed for a photo with a female fan on Sunday just four days before he suddenly passed away.
The woman – named Alba – who snapped the image told on Friday that she was strolling through BlueMall in Santo Domingo when she spotted the actor walking alongside handlers while heading into a pharmacy.
Alba told the publication that she walked up to his team to ask if she could approach Liotta and they gave her the green light.
Ray Liotta looked happy and healthy in a selfie taken by a fan named Alba just days before dying in his sleep at a hotel in the Dominican Republic at the age of 67 where he had been filming a new movie
She explained that Ray embraced her and was super gracious as he even praised the Dominican Republic native on how well she spoke English.
Alba told TMZ that she went on to ask him for a selfie and that the actor did not hesitate to say yes before they went their separate ways.
The legendary gangster actor passed away in bed at Casas del XVI in Zona Colonial on Thursday just weeks after filming started on Dangerous Waters.
Liotta’s fiancee Jacy Nittolo looked distraught as she arrived back home in Los Angeles a day after the tragedy
An emergency service team had rushed to the building but he could not be saved, with his body transferred to the forensic institute of Santo Domingo.There is understood to be no suspicion of foul play.
People linked to the upcoming movie were spotted leaving the hotel with suitcases and props on Thursday afternoon after news of his death spread.
Liotta leaves behind his fiancee Jacy Nittolo, 46, as well as his daughter Karsen, 23, who he had with ex-wife Michelle Grace.
Goodfellas star Liotta (left, earlier this month and right, in March) died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic aged 67 where he was filming Dangerous Waters
The actor had been spotted out and about in LA in March where onlookers said he appeared ‘noticeably pale’ and ‘needed help from the valet putting on his jacket’.
The source added he was ‘slow and steady on his feet’ and Nittolo had to help him by carrying his bags from the car to the hotel.
But he looked healthier in pictures taken at the start of this month as he strolled through Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles with his fiancee.
Liotta had been a smoker but started appearing in adverts for Chantix – a brand run by vaccine guru’s Pfizer – in 2018, with one saying: ‘I tried to quit smoking for years on my own. I couldn’t do it.I needed help.’
The cause of his death remains unclear and there is no suggestion the Hollywood superstar died of a smoking-related illness.
Meanwhile tributes flooded in for the beloved film star – who also featured in Field of Dreams – with fellow actors and other celebrities paying their respects to him on Thursday afternoon:
The legendary gangster actor (pictured in LA at the end of March) passed away on the Caribbean island halfway through recording Dangerous Waters, about a sailing holiday spiraling out of control
Goodfellas star Ray Liotta has died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic at the age of 67 – where he had been filming a new movie.Pictured: The actor in LA at the end of March
People linked to the filming leave the hotel where Liotta died at the age of 67, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, today
Façade of the hotel where Liotta passed away overnight in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.People were seen leaving the hotel today
Those said to be linked to the upcoming moving Dangerous Waters are bundled into a car outside the hotel the actor died in today
Hotel staff are pictured mingling outside an entrance after the legendary gangster actor passed away overnight on Thursday
In a statement, Robert De Niro (pictured last night during the Cannes Gala 2022 at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc) said of Liotta: ‘I was very saddened to learn of Ray’s passing.He is way too way young to have left us’
Ray Liotta is pictured with his daughter Karsen at the World Premiere of ‘Muppets Most Wanted’ on March 11, 2014, in Los Angeles
It is not yet clear what he died of or when but he has left behind his fiance Jacy Nittolo (pictured) as well as his daughter Karsen
Left: Liotta is pictured with his then wife and producer Michelle Grace.Right: The actor is seen with her in New York in 2002
He was perhaps best known for his incredible performance in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 classic Goodfellas, where he played Henry Hill while Robert De Niro took on the role of Jimmy Conway
The actor appeared to shy away from his fame in the 1990s and kept a low profile but a resurgence in more recent years.Pictured: Goodfellas
