Robert Blake Obituary – Cause of Death: ‘Baretta’ Star, Actor Acquitted in Wife’s Murder, Robert Blake Dies At 89.
Actor Robert Blake was known for his roles in the 1967 film In Cold Blood and the 1970s U.S. television series Baretta.
Blake, the Mystery Man in Lost Highway, passed away on March 9th of heart disease in Los Angeles. He was 89.
Blake began acting as a child, with a lead role in the final years of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Our Gang (Little Rascals) short film series from 1939 to 1944. He also appeared as a child actor in 22 entries of the Red Ryder film franchise. In the Red Ryder series and in many of his adult roles, the Italian-American actor was often cast as an American Indian or Latino character. After a stint in the United States Army, Blake returned to acting in both television and movie roles. Blake continued acting until 1997’s Lost Highway. Owing to Blake becoming one of the first child actors to successfully transition to mature roles as an adult, author Michael Newton called his career “one of the longest in Hollywood history.”
In March 2005, Blake was tried and acquitted of the 2001 murder of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. In November 2005, he was found liable in a California civil court for her wrongful death.
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