BREAKING NEWS: Baretta star Robert Blake dies of heart disease at 89
Robert Blake died at the age of 89 after a battle with heart disease, according to his family.
Blake worked for more than 60 years in Hollywood, starring in such classics as Treasure of the Sierra Madre with Humphrey Bogart and In Cold Blood with John Forsythe. He was also the star of a series of studio westerns under the stage name Bobby Blake.
On television, he was also known as New York City undercover detective Tony Baretta on Baretta, which ran on ABC for four seasons in the mid-1970s.
But while his career was widely celebrated, Blake had also been charged with the 2002 murder of his wife Bonny Lee Bakley, along with solicitation of murder, conspiracy and special circumstances of lying in wait.
However, a jury found him not guilty of soliciting a former stuntman he worked with at Baretta to kill Bakley, and his murder was never solved.
Robert Blake has died at the age of 89 after battling heart disease
Blake worked for more than 60 years in Hollywood, starring in classic movies and television.
Blake got his start in Hollywood at a young age, appearing in Our Gang at the age of 5.
As an adult, he took on roles in a number of classic movies before becoming known as Baretta on television, for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1977.
Fans also regularly saw him on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson where he was a recurring guest appearing in various skits with his host friend.
He is also remembered for his Eveready battery commercials in which he would dare someone to take one off their shoulder.
In more recent years, Blake has been living quietly at home in Los Angeles, where he enjoyed listening to jazz music, playing his guitar, reading poetry, and watching classic movies. Deadline reports.