Actor Robert Blake is shown leaving court on Oct. 3, 2005, after his second day of testimony in a wrongful death lawsuit, brought by the family of Bonny Lee Bakley, in Burbank, Calif. Nick Ut/AP hide caption toggle caption Nick Ut/AP Culture Robert Blake, the actor acquitted in wife's killing, dies at 89 March 9, 2023 • 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.
