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Mar 10, 2023 · Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted of murdering his wife, died Thursday, March 9, 2023, at age 89.
- Who Was Robert Blake?
- Did Robert Blake Kill His Wife Bonny Lee Bakley?
- What Happened to Robert Blake?
Blake, whose real name was Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi, was born in Nutley, New Jersey, in 1933, per a New York Times obituary. He propelled himself to fame at the age of 5 as a child actor starring as Little Beaver in the “Red Ryder” TV series and as Mickey in the “Our Gang” comedy shorts, which later became “The Little Rascals.” He appeared i...
Blake’s life was up-ended on May 4, 2001 when his 44-year-old wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, was shot and killed outside a Los Angeles Studio City restaurant. Bakley, who was found unresponsive in the couple’s parked car, had been shot twice with a German-made Walther P-38 automatic .9 millimeter pistol, according to investigators. One of the bullet wound...
Blake embraced a solitary existence — and largely disappeared from public view — following his acquittal in Bakley’s murder. In a 2018 interview with CNN, Blake claimed he’d been sustaining himself on a diet of Twinkies. He grew a beard and occasionally wandered into pool halls to shoot a game of nine ball. “I was born lonely, I live lonely, and I’...
- Dorian Geiger
Mar 10, 2023 · Actor Robert Blake, who starred in the 1970s cop show Baretta and was later acquitted of killing his wife in a high-profile murder trial, has died at the age of 89. He died on Thursday from...
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Mar 10, 2023 · Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted of murdering his wife, died Thursday at age 89. A statement...
Mar 10, 2023 · Actor Robert Blake, who played a mass killer in the film adaptation of Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” and was acquitted of killing his own real-life wife, has died in Los Angeles, US media ...
Mar 10, 2023 · Robert Blake, a child actor who found fame in movies and TV shows but whose legacy was tarnished by suspicion over the unsolved murder of his second wife, has died at age 89. A statement sent...
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Mar 10, 2023 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died Thursday at age 89.
