Ray Liotta's Fiancée Remembers the Actor One Year After His Death

Ray Liotta is being remembered by his loved ones on the first anniversary of his death.

The Goodfellas star died in his sleep while in the Dominican Republic on May 26, 2022. He was 67.

Now, exactly one year later, his fiancée Jacy Nittolo is honoring his memory with an emotional tribute to her late partner.

"A year ago today I was on a flight home from the Dominican Republic by myself in shock," Nittolo, 48, wrote in a heartbreaking Instagram post on Friday, which included a collection of sweet photos of the pair before Liotta's death.

"My entire world unexpectedly turned upside down," she recalled, going on to detail a kind woman on her plane ride home who helped comfort her in a terrible time of need.

"I’ll never forget the beautiful woman, a complete stranger, who sat next to me and didn’t say a word. She gently grabbed and held my hand the entire flight as I cried and looked out the window," Nittolo remembered. "When we landed she looked at me and said everything is going to be ok. Your [sic] going to be ok."

"I walked off the plane and met Ray's sister for a connecting flight to LA and I don’t know what I would have done without Linda that night," her caption continued. "It’s been a heavy year of pain, heartache, healing, growing and accepting what is. Learning to smile at what was."

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"It supposedly gets easier with time," she added. "No time will change a loss so great. You just learn to live with it and keep going, trusting that all will be ok."

Nittolo then mentioned Liotta's daughter, Karsen, as well as her own four kids from a previous marriage—Dax, Chazz, Jade and Joey—all of whom she said "keep me going every single day."

She also mentioned her late grandmother, who helped raise her, who actually passed away on the same exact date 20 years ago: "She was the other love of my life and one of my favorites of all time. Both on 5/26."

Earlier this month, Liotta's official cause of death was revealed, with documents listing respiratory insufficiency (fluid in his lungs) and pulmonary edema (acute heart failure). The manner of his death was listed as natural and nonviolent.

He was also honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame back in February, nearly nine months after his death.

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