Robert Blake, a child actor from the Depression-era 'Our Gang' comedies who won adult stardom playing an undercover cop on the 1970s television series 'Baretta' before fame was eclipsed by his murder trial in the 2001 killing of his wife, has died at age 89.
A wrongful death lawsuit subsequently filed against Blake by her estate led to a civil court judgment that the actor was responsible for her slaying.
After outgrowing child roles and serving in the Army, Blake worked steadily in television and appeared in movies such as "Pork Chop Hill," "The Purple Gang" and "Town Without Pity." His last acting job was a role listed as "Mystery Man" in David Lynch' s 1997 film "Lost Highway," about a man who kills his wife.
Investigators determined Blake's gun did not kill Bakley and the real murder weapon was found in a dumpster nearby.Blake was arrested and charged with murder almost a year later and spent several months in jail before being granted bail. When he went on trial in 2005 prosecutors had no witnesses or solid evidence linking him to the killing and built their case on the premise that Blake wanted Bakley dead because he felt she had tricked him into marriage by getting pregnant.
Oakley's children won a wrongful death suit against Blake in November 2005 and were awarded $30 million in damages, which led him to file for bankruptcy protection three months later. Blake lost his appeals to overturn the civil verdict but the damages were reduced to $15 million.
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