Robert Blake, Combustible Star of ‘In Cold Blood’ and ‘Baretta,’ Dies at 89

and the popular TV cop TonyBlake, who got his start as a child star in thein the Our Gang comedy shorts at MGM, died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home after a long battle with heart disease,

his niece, Noreen Austin, told, Blake’s wife of six months and the mother of his young daughter, was fatally shot twice at point-blank range while she sat in their car after they had dined at

💚 should have been nominated for academy award « In Cold Blood » brilliant performance 🌹

REST in Heaven amazing one of a kind Master of your art. What an honor to remember the characters you brought to life. We can only imagine you, your coat, holding your cigar saying, “God, the way I see it…!”. Well done Sir Peter Falk aka, Columbo❤️‍🩹

Well, frankly, I thought he was already dead, but you forgot one other major credit and that is his role as MURDERER.

You misspelled 'murderer.'

He was so combustible, in fact, that he murdered his own wife. Isn’t that WILD?! Jfc

Nobody’s perfect.

Well dat’s da name uh dat tune.

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you buried the lede

So about that murder thing…

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Yes, that’s what he’ll be remembered for.

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Rip robert

'combustible' K

I seem to remember another notable thing about his life…what was it?

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