American actor Ray Liotta, best known for his role in 'Goodfellas', is dead

American actor Ray Liotta at the Newport Beach Film Festival on October 24, 2021. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP - Richard Shotwell

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American actor Ray Liotta, star of the mythical mafia film

Les Affranchis

, has died at the age of 67, several American media announced on Thursday May 26.

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American actor Ray Liotta died in his sleep while filming in the Dominican Republic, specify the sites

TMZ

and Deadline.

Besides his role as a mobster in

Goodfellas 

in 1990, Ray Liotta was known to the American public for having played in the baseball film

Until the end of the dream

 in 1989.

He first came to prominence on screen in 1986 with

Dangereuse sous tous reports

, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

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