{"id":80292,"date":"2023-03-10T03:43:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T03:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/10\/robert-blake-actor-who-played-baretta-and-was-tried-for-murder-dead-at-89\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T03:43:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T03:43:22","slug":"robert-blake-actor-who-played-baretta-and-was-tried-for-murder-dead-at-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/10\/robert-blake-actor-who-played-baretta-and-was-tried-for-murder-dead-at-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Blake, Actor Who Played &#8216;Baretta&#8217; and Was Tried for Murder, Dead at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-d3d1e7c024be5689ba6b50f2baa70425\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d3d1e7c024be5689ba6b50f2baa70425--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6036eb1f8868da13765244eda4ab9ead\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/robert-blake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Robert Blake<\/strong><\/a>, the actor whose life was simply as talked about off the display because it was on, has died.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6036eb1f8868da13765244eda4ab9ead--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f69ec2c23e91241afc8014b44e10140b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>According to a press release launched to the Associated Press on behalf of Blake&#8217;s niece, <strong>Noreen Austin<\/strong>, Blake died Thursday from coronary heart illness at house surrounded by family members.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f69ec2c23e91241afc8014b44e10140b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2f2250b712186491fbc576718121be1b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230310_09f06bf08dc14dbcb073b0d3ffdb430b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:af9eea2a-a7bf-42b1-8617-dccd400bd825\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/09\/4by3\/2023\/03\/10\/09f06bf08dc14dbcb073b0d3ffdb430b_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"bonny lee bakley robert blake\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2f2250b712186491fbc576718121be1b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-559cfc4892f5136629edc2bea0b89b11\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Blake was infamously charged with the homicide of his second spouse, <strong>Bonny Lee Bakley<\/strong>, after she was discovered lifeless exterior Vitello&#8217;s restaurant in Los Angeles in 2001. Bakley had been shot within the head whereas sitting in Blake&#8217;s automobile.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-559cfc4892f5136629edc2bea0b89b11--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d2fcdedf2f78722f1e2ebdc00e7c7b51\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Blake informed investigators he had gone again contained in the restaurant to retrieve a pistol when Bakley was shot and killed. It was later decided his pistol was not the homicide weapon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d2fcdedf2f78722f1e2ebdc00e7c7b51--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-92dabb8a5e45eb12bebecec5f7423a06\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230310_c185e915f3684ec09368c6535b0396fd\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:af9eea2a-a7bf-42b1-8617-dccd400bd825\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c1\/4by3\/2023\/03\/10\/c185e915f3684ec09368c6535b0396fd_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"robert blake\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-92dabb8a5e45eb12bebecec5f7423a06--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-de1673a5ad115389910ce742920945c3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Blake&#8217;s trial lasted about three months, however he was finally discovered not responsible of homicide and never responsible of one of many two counts of solicitation of homicide &#8230; the second solicitation of homicide cost was additionally finally dropped.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-de1673a5ad115389910ce742920945c3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ffc8140bc4d0eeba01dcdb4f1e33868c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Blake&#8217;s profession in Hollywood spanned greater than 50 years, starring in films like &#8220;In Cold Blood,&#8221; &#8220;Lost Highway&#8221; and &#8220;Treasure of the Sierra Madre.&#8221; He additionally performed Tony Baretta in &#8220;Baretta&#8221; &#8230; a job that gained him an Emmy in 1975.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ffc8140bc4d0eeba01dcdb4f1e33868c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bca11efd2df5ed37813cbcf71c8045a2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Blake was 89.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bca11efd2df5ed37813cbcf71c8045a2--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Robert Blake, the actor whose life was simply as talked about off the display because it was on, has died. According to a press release launched to the Associated Press on behalf of Blake&#8217;s niece, Noreen Austin, Blake died Thursday from coronary heart illness at house surrounded by family members. Blake was infamously charged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-80292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}