Robert Blake, the actor known for his role in Little Rascals, died aged 89 on Thursday in Los Angeles. He died from heart disease, confirmed by a statement released by his niece, Noreen Austin.
“He died at home with family around him peacefully, long-term heart issues,” reported Fox News Digital. “He spent the last few years listening to jazz music and playing his guitar and watching classic movies,” it stated.
Baretta actor Robert Blake had three children from two wives. Noah and Delinah from Sondra Kerr. His third child, Rose Lenore Sophia Blake was from his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. His third and last marriage was with Pamela Hudak but they had no children together.
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Sondra Kerr who was also an actress married Blake in 1961. They welcomed their first child, Noah Blake, also an actor in 1965 and second child, Delinah Blake in 1966. The couple got divorced in 1983.
Bonny Lee Bakley married Blake in 1999 after ending her nine previous marriages. Bakley who was formerly of Wharton, New Jersey, reportedly had a history of exploiting older men, especially celebrities, for money.
Bakley was dating Christian Brando, an actor and son of Marlon Brando when she entered into a relationship with Blake. In the meantime, she got pregnant and told both Brando and Blake that her baby was theirs.
Earlier, she named the baby Christian Shannon Brando after Brando. Then she took a DNA test to prove who fathered her baby which concluded that Blake was the biological father of her child., who was renamed Rose Lenore Sophia Blake.
Blake was married to Bakley until she was murdered on May 4, 2001.
Blake in an interview in March 2016 indicated about a woman in his life without naming her. He applied for a marriage license for Pamela Hudak, his fiancée at that time. The couple had no children together. On December 7, 2018, Blake filed for divorce from Hudak.
