Ray Liotta looks happy and healthy in selfie days before dying at 67

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. 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 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. Tragic: Jacy Nittolo, a mother of four who Ray got engaged to in December 2020, was said to be with the film star while Dangerous Waters was being recorded The real Henry Hill and Liotta are pictured at the Matteo's Italian Restaurant in Los Angeles, California, when they met up in 1990 Liotta also featured in The Many Saints of Newark, Marriage Story and No Sudden Move in more recent years Liotta rocketed to stardom and became a household name across the globe for Goodfellas, in which he played a crook called Henry Hill who got in with the Italian-American mafia Liotta was born in New Jersey in 1954 but was abandoned by his mother at an orphanage before being adopted six months later Ray Liotta won an Emmy for his 2005 guest spot on ER. The actor is pictured in the hospital with tubes in his nose during the part TV: And he worked from 2016 until 2018 on the NYPD cop show Shades Of Blue with Drea de Matteo and Jennifer Lopez A TV star as well: He worked from 2016 until 2018 on the NYPD cop show Shades Of Blue with Jennifer Lopez, Right, seen in an embrace in 2016 Ray Liotta starred in more than 80 movies in his five-decade career including: 1983 The Lonely Lady Joe Heron 1986 Something Wild Ray Sinclair 1987 Arena Brains 1988 Dominick and Eugene 1989 Field of Dreams 1990 Goodfellas 1992 Article 99 1994 No Escape 1995 Operation Dumbo Drop 1996 Unforgettable 1997 Turbulence 1998 Phoenix Detective 1999 Muppets from Space Gate Guard, Forever Mine 2000 Pilgrim Jack, A Rumor of Angels 2001 Hannibal, Heartbreakers, Blow 2002 Narc, John Q, Ticker 2003 Identity 2004 The Last Shot, Control 2005 Revolver, Slow Burn 2006 Even Money, Smokin' Aces 2007 Wild Hogs, Battle in Seattle, Bee Movie 2008 Hero Wanted, Powder Blue 2009 Crossing Over, Observe and Report, La Linea, Youth in Revolt 2010 Crazy on the Outside, Date Night, Snowmen, Chasing 3000, Charlie St. When the family was taken into FBI witness protection, he met and wed Mormon single mom Sherry Anders Hill was taken into witness protection with long-suffering wife Karen and their two children, Gina and Gregg, and all four of them were forced to change their names The mob informant's marriage to Karen was also featured in Goodfellas, with actress Lorraine Bracco taking on the role alongside Liotta, who passed away at the age of 67 on May 26 WHY DID HENRY HILL GO INTO WITNESS PROTECTION?