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Robert Blake, ‘In Cold Blood’ actor once accused of murdering wife, dead at 89

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told People that she was following in her actor father’s footsteps, saying she loved “getting to be someone else” when performing.But his journey to fame was rocked with controversy when the actor was arrested in connection to Bakley’s murder.

On May 4, 2001, the 44-year-old was shot and killed while sitting in Blake’s car outside of a Studio City restaurant where the couple had just dined.

The following year, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested and charged Blake for murder but eventually posted $1.5 million bail after one year in prison.

In 2005, Blake, who maintained his innocence, went on trial in connection with Bakley’s murder and was acquitted. However, a civil jury found him liable for her death and ordered him to pay Bakley’s family $30 million — which left him bankrupt. “If you want to know how to go through $10 million in five years, ask me how,” he told the media after the verdict, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “I was a rich man.

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