Actor Robert Blake has died at the age of 89, according to Deadline. Noreen Austin, Blake’s niece, announced the information.
Due to ongoing cardiac problems, he passed away quietly at home with family by his side, according to Austin (via Fox News). He has spent the last few years viewing old films, playing his guitar, and listening to jazz music.
Blake had a successful and lengthy career in Hollywood beginning in the late 1930s.
Blake made his acting debut as a young child in the uncredited role of “Bridal Suite” in 1939. His best-known appearances in “In Cold Blood” and “Baretta,” which carried his career through the ’60s and ’70s, were among the nearly 150 acting credits he would eventually accrue.
