Ray Liotta stole my heart in "Goodfellas". So much so, I actually sought out mobster Henry Hill! Ray brought the colorful Irish kid turned Italian mobster to life in the movie "Goodfellas" for sure. He was good-looking, had a heart, and followed orders. I adored that movie and must have watched a million plus times. Does it get any better than Ray and Joe Pesci together? Yeah it does! I've quoted that movie more times than I can count! I crushed on Ray Liotta so hard! Seriously I loved him. To the point that when the Internet first started to come around, I saw that Henry Hill, who was in witness protection at the time, had a website that he was putting recipes on! Naturally it said "Contact" and I clicked that and sent my phone number in. Not 10 minutes later, my phone rang with someone that wanted to know what I wanted! No kidding! Well I wanted to interview Henry. They set it up and I INTERVIEWED MOBSTER HENRY HILL IN WITNESS PROTECTION! God's honest truth. They looped us through a couple of phone lines and I got to talk to him. He LOVED Ray's portrayal of him. And LOVED the movie too. RIP Henry.
Ray Liotta will forever be one of my favorite actors though. He recently starred as a complete jerk in the Adam Sandler movie "Hubie Halloween" so now my kids know who he is too. Hell I even dated a guy named Frank that was his doppleganger!!! RIP Ray Liotta...you will forever be in my heart...
Ray reportedly died in his sleep while filming a movie in the Dominican Republic