Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in "Goodfellas" and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Field of Dreams", has died. He was 67.
The Hollywood Reporter and NBC News cited representatives for Liotta who said he died in his sleep Wednesday night. He was in the Dominican Republic to film a new movie.
An official at the Dominican Republic's National Forensic Science Institute who was not authorised to speak to the media confirmed the death of Liotta and said his body was taken to the Cristo Redentor morgue.
And now friends and admirers have taken to social media to pay tribute to the star.
"I am utterly shattered to hear this terrible news about my Ray. I can be anywhere in the world & people will come up & tell me their favorite movie is Goodfellas. Then they always ask what was the best part of making that movie. My response has always been the same … Ray Liotta." — Lorraine Bracco, who played Liotta's wife in "Goodfellas", via Twitter.
