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Actor Ray Liotta, who starred in Martin Scorsese's gangster classic "Goodfellas," has died suddenly in the Dominican Republic, officials and police said on May 26. He was 67.

The island of Mafia has nothing to do with any of the characters in ‘The Goodfellas’, or ‘The Godfather’, except of course if Robert De Niro or Joe Pesci happened to visit the archipelago of Tanzania. The island’s airport named ‘Mafia Airport’ is located in Tanzania. It’s name derives from the Arabic word ‘morfiyeh’, which means archipelago.

Goodfellas revelations galore. It might have been filmed in 1990, but “Goodfellas” made cinematic history due to its amazing cast and even better director, the legendary Martin Scorsese.

Writer Nicholas Pileggi, along with Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino and Robert DeNiro met in New York’s Beacon Theater and spoke on the film. Some of the secrets are surprising.

The Tribeca Film Festival ended with a bang: a special 25th anniversary screening of the Martin Scorsese gangster film "Goodfellas."
                   
Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino walked the red carpet before the screening Saturday night.
                   
Liotta recalled Scorsese saying he wanted to shoot the film "like a gangster."