Something to remind him of.
Over the weekend, Jacy Nittolo, who was engaged to the late Ray Liotta prior to his sudden death in May, waved past the famed West Hollywood tattoo parlor Shamrock Social Club to get new ink in tribute to the late actor. Renowned tattoo artist Mark Mahoney, who is also the founder and owner of SSC, did the honours.
Nittolo’s son, 21-year-old actor Chazz Nittolo, documented the process and his mother eventually shared a series of snaps to her Instagram on Saturday.
“Yesterday marked 3 months. It just seemed appropriate to do something meaningful that will be with me forever,” she captioned the slideshow.
“What an honor to let Mark Mahoneys’ gift do the work,” she added, also thanking actor Barbara Patrick for “a beautiful day” and Chazz for “capturing it.”
However, it appears Nittolo has chosen to keep the fully finished inked image a secret for now, with the photos on her ‘gram offering just a faint glimpse of what appears to be a realistically rendered feather on her forearm.
Nevertheless, many sympathetic commentators expressed support for Nittolo’s on-skin in-memoriam.
“[S]o much love ♥️” wrote “Sweet Girl” star Isabela Merced, who had worked with Chazz on the 2020 music video “Apocalipsis.”
In December 2020, Liotta and Nittolo went public with the news that they were engaged. But on the evening of May 25, 2022, Liotta, then 67, went to sleep and never woke up again. At the time, the star of “Goodfellas” stayed in the Dominican Republic during the shooting of the film “Dangerous Waters”.
Given the tragic chain of events, it’s no surprise that Kelly Rizzo — as the widow of the late Bob Saget — also took note of the comments, seemingly very pleased with the idea of a memento tattoo.
“I’ll go with you anytime to get another one!!” she wrote in the comments of Nittolo’s post.