What was Ray Liotta’s cause of death? Learn all there is to know about the recently revealed details about the actor’s death last year.
Actor Ray Liotta’s death last year was due to cardiovascular disease, an autopsy revealed. One year after the “Goodfellas” actor died in his sleep while filming the movie “Dangerous Waters,” in the Dominican Republic, officials on Monday confirmed the 67-year-old died as a result of atherosclerotic disease, which is the build-up of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on the artery walls.
Officials cited pulmonary edema, a condition caused by too much fluid in the lungs, and heart and respiratory failure as contributing to his death. The actor’s publicist Jennifer Allen confirmed to CBS News that Liotta died in his sleep. “Judging by the post-mortem signs, at the time the body was removed and the autopsy was performed on May 26, 2022, at 03:22 p.m., death could have occurred approximately 8-10 hours earlier,” Dominican officials said.
What is the late Ray Liotta best known for?
Liotta is best known for playing the role of Henry Hill in the classic 1990 Martin Scorsese mob film “Goodfellas,” starring alongside Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.
Liotta appeared in numerous other films, including Unlawful Entry (1992), Cop Land (1997), Hannibal (2001), Blow (2001), John Q. (2002), Identity (2003), Killing Them Softly (2012), The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Marriage Story (2019), The Many Saints of Newark (2021), and Cocaine Bear (2023). Liotta won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role in the television series ER in 2005.
He starred as Frank Sinatra in the television film The Rat Pack (1998) and Lorca in the miniseries Texas Rising (2015), both of which earned him Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, and starred in the series Shades of Blue (2016–2018) and Black Bird (2022). He had a prominent voice acting role as Tommy Vercetti in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002).
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