![]() Game Informer offers our condolences to Liotta's family and friends in this trying time. Today is a sad day for all the gamers out there. Liotta leaves behind his daughter, Karsen, and his fiancée, Jacy Nitollo. Ray Liotta, the voice of GTA Vice Citys Tommy Vercetti passed away recently. It's sold over 17 million copies according to a Take Two earnings report from 2008. Vice City was an instant hit when it was released in 2002, receiving many awards, including Game Informer's 2002 Game of the Year. In this excerpt, Rockstar creators King, Navid Khonsari and Dan Houser recount the tales of working with actors Ray Liotta, Jenna Jameson and Burt Reynolds. ![]() At the time, having veteran Hollywood talent in video games was a novel concept, expanded upon in the years following due in part to Liotta's portrayal of Vercetti. In recent years, Liotta has had a resurgence in Hollywood with roles in Marriage Story, the Amazon Prime series Hanna, and multiple other projects in the works, including a film called Cocaine Bear and a series called Blackbird, that will, unfortunately, see the light of day without him around.Īlthough his impact on the film industry is great, Ray Liotta also made a profound statement in video games, starring as Tommy Vercetti in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Among his most memorable roles is Henry Hill in Goodfellas and Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. He is also mentioned in The Introduction, a prequel short film to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (set in 1992), and in the game itself during the mission The Meat Business by former friend and lawyer Ken Rosenberg. Liotta died in his sleep while filming a movie called Dangerous Waters in the Dominican Republic. According to a source that has spoken with TMZ, there is "nothing suspicious about the death, and no foul play is suspected." The cause of death remains unknown at this time. Thomas 'Tommy' Vercetti is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (set in 1986). Deadline is reporting actor Ray Liotta has passed away at the age of 67. Today, i was saddened to find out Ray Liotta passed away in his sleep, and was flooded with memories of playing GTA Vice City in my childhood.
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