Ray Liotta Died Under Suspicious Circumstances Even though his family, friends, and publicists want you to think otherwise, don't be fo...
Ray Liotta Died Under Suspicious Circumstances
Even though his family, friends, and publicists want you to think otherwise, don't be fooled.
Actor Ray Liotta was. He played intense, hard-to-forget roles in films like "Goodfellas" and "Field of Dreams." He was said to have died in his sleep on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. In the Dominican Republic, he had a job.
Jennifer Allen, Liotta's spokeswoman, said that he was making the movie "Dangerous Waters." He died in his hotel room. At first, she said that she didn't know what caused the death. It turned out later that he had died while he was asleep. Her story was not clear on purpose.
Liotta left this world when he was 67 years old.Statistics from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention show that Liotta had a life expectancy of 10 years. This means that on average, she was expected to live another 10 years at her age. If someone dies ten years before they should, that should be a red flag.
(Some people will say that it doesn't matter how Liota died. Don't bother the dead. Let Liotta have his own space. If we follow this rule, though, the people who caused Marilyn Monroe to die will not be punished. We would also not tell anyone when a star overdosed. Transparency is important, especially when there are well-known people involved.
Cover up?
So, what really caused Liotta to die? Was something hidden?
Liotta's spokeswoman probably gave a vague answer so that she wouldn't get caught up in a cover-up. My best guess is that Liotta died because of drugs, either from a period of drinking too much or, worse, from an overdose. Friends and family of people who have died from a drug overdose usually do a lot to hide the real cause of death.
Rich people in the Dominican Republic (DR) can easily buy illegal drugs without drawing attention to themselves. It's also not hard to pay a coroner to lie about what caused a person's death. (Note: The DR is not the only country where it is possible to hide drug purchases and lie about the reason of death.)
From being nice to not being nice,
Liotta was known to a lot of people because he played Joey Perrini on the soap series "Another World." He once said that the figure was "the nicest guy in the world." The parts he played after that was not nearly as nice.
Then, he got a role in the 1986 comedy-crime movie "Something Wild." Melanie Griffith, an actor, put pressure on the movie's director, Jonathan Demme, to let him try out for the part. He finally got the part of the ex-con husband of her character, who was a mean person.
In Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, Liotta played Henry Hill, a con man who became a mob spy. Even if you only remember how he went from being the nice guy in "Another World" to a cold, calculating mobster who turns into an FBI agent, it was a memorable performance. In one part of the movie, Henry starts using drugs and turns into a mess of paranoia.
Some critics pointed out that Liotta has a knack for playing people who are heavy drug users so well, even though he has never done drugs himself. It's not likely. Perfect representations require perfect emulation. So, how did he do it?
Method acting
Method artists try out new things. They live on the streets to get ready for their roles as poor people. They bet big amounts of money to see what it would be like to be a skilled gambler. They use drugs so they can act like junkies on TV.
(Note: It is possible to play a part without being a perfect match for the character. It's not possible to act like a serial killer, unless the character wants to spend the rest of his or her life in jail. In other words, method acting can only go so far. I am not denying that this is true.)
If a method actor has enough money, he or she can try drugs, become addicted to them, heal from the addiction, and then cover up the whole thing. Even if a method actor dies of an overdose, his agent, friends, and family can keep the truth from other people. You can also pay a doctor to say that a death from an overdose was caused by natural causes or that the person died in their sleep. Even more so in a Caribbean country like the Dominican Republic, which is in the third world.
Rumors and hearsay
Recently, rumours started spreading on Twitter that Liotta was addicted to cocaine. There are also many rumours that he has had trouble with drinking. (In a 2016 Good Morning Britain interview, he looked "haggard and flustered," so much so that many watchers thought he was drunk.)
The last movie Liotta finished was called "Cocaine Bear," and it was based on a true story. In 1985, a 175-pound black bear was found on a drug smuggler's plane next to a duffel bag that had once held more than 70 pounds of cocaine. No one knew if the bear ate the cocaine or if it was thrown out of the plane.
It's possible that Liotta's death was caused by his dedication to method acting and his readiness to try drugs or even get hooked on them. It's also possible that his liver failed because of all the years he spent drinking.
Most likely, we'll never know for sure. But based on the facts, it makes sense to think these things. Based on what we know about the case, this story makes more sense than the standard "he died in his sleep" story. (Remember that Liotta died 10 years before the normal life expectancy, so it's not likely that she died of natural causes.)
Opioids, bogus numbers, and non-sequiturs
Friends, family, and publicists would probably prefer for people to think that Liotta died in his sleep. They want us to believe that he died from something normal. This theory would make sense if he had lived to be about 77 years old.
When people, whether they are famous or not, die on opioids, there are a lot of similar stories. It's one of the reasons why opioid addiction has become such a big problem that few people outside of those who are personally affected know how common it is. The numbers were not told the whole story, and they still aren't.
(Note: I already said that the argument that it doesn't matter how Liotta died doesn't make sense. This is also a common response from propagandists when they are shown proof that they are sharing false information. It doesn't matter what's true. Unfortunately, it does, especially if the person is famous and full disclosure could bring attention to a serious social problem, like the dangers of drug addiction in this case.
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