During his career, the artist was accused of killing his own wife in 2001, but was later acquitted. Blake died of heart disease in Los Angeles
Robert Blakethe actor who starred in the film ‘In Cold Blood’ and who was tried and acquitted of the murder of his wife, died Thursday 9, aged 89 in Los Angeles. A statement made on behalf of your granddaughter, Noreen Austinsaid Blake died of heart disease, surrounded by family at home.
The artist rose to fame through the crime series ‘Baretta’ in the 1970s and built a career in the entertainment industry from a young age, overshadowed by the tragic death of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley.
Bakley had been married seven times and was having an affair with the son of Marlon Brando, Christian, when he met Blake in Los Angeles. The couple had a tumultuous relationship and she married after her Bakley announced she was pregnant.
The woman was killed in 2001 after leaving a restaurant where the two had just had dinner.
The actor was charged with the crime, but was acquitted. Years later, the victim’s family sued him and he won a court judgment in favor of millions in damages. The media scrutiny buried Blake’s career, which had been at the pinnacle of stardom for decades before.
a long trajectory
Born in New Jersey in 1933, the actor began appearing on the big screen at a young age, with small roles in productions such as “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948). After acting in films such as ‘Asfalto Violento’ (1973) and ‘A Sangue Frio’ (1967), based on the homonymous novel by Truman CapoteBlake has had success in television.
His best known role is that of police officer Tony Baretta, who roamed the streets of New York in the series ‘Baretta’. The attraction ran for four seasons and earned him an award emmys. She played a detective who carried a pet cockatoo on his shoulder and loved to dress up. His signature line: “Don’t commit the crime if you can’t serve the sentence” was quoted frequently.
The Emmys came in 1975, though behind the scenes the show was rocked by controversies involving the temperamental star. She has earned a reputation as one of the best actors in the hollywood, but one of the most difficult to work with. He later admitted that he had struggled with alcohol and drug addiction in his life.
In 1993, Blake won another Emmy for ‘Judgment Day: The Story of John List’. The plot portrayed a soft-spoken man who killed his wife and three children.
Blake’s career had slowed long before the trial. He made only a few screen appearances after the mid 80’s. His last project was the feature film “The Lost Road”, by david lynchreleased in 1997. According to his granddaughter, Blake had spent the past few years “enjoying jazz music, playing the guitar, reading poetry and seeing many classic Hollywood films.”
His father, an Italian immigrant, and mother, an Italian American, wanted their three children to be successful on the show. Business. By the age of two, Blake was performing with a brother and sister in one act vaudeville family called “The three little mountaineers”.
When his parents moved the family to Los Angeles, his mother found work for the children as movie extras and the little Mickey Mouse Gubitosi he was plucked from the crowd by producers who cast him in ‘Our Gang’ comedies. He appeared in the series for five years and changed his name to BobbyBlake.
He continued to work with Hollywood legends, playing young men John Garfield in ‘Humoresque’ in 1946, and the boy who sells Humphrey Bogarta crucial lottery ticket in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”, winner of the oscar.
In adulthood, he landed serious movie roles. Her greatest success was in 1967 with ‘A Sangue Frio’. Later there were movies like ‘Tell Them Willie Boy is Here’ and ‘The Highway Patrol’.
In 1961, Blake and the actress Sondra Kerr he got married and had two children, Noah AND Delinah. They divorced in 1983. Her fateful meeting with Bakley took place in 1999 at a jazz club where she went to escape loneliness.
“Here I am, 67 or 68 years old. My life was on hold. My career was at a standstill,” she said in an interview with ap. “I’ve been alone for a long time.” She said she had no reason not to love Bakley: “He got me out of the stands and back into the arena. I had something to live for.”
Source: Terra
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