{"id":118649,"date":"2023-03-10T12:19:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118649"},"modified":"2023-03-10T12:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:19:52","slug":"actor-robert-blake-dies-at-89-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118649","title":{"rendered":"Actor Robert Blake Dies at 89 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118649\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118649\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118651 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/230309165300-robert-blake-2011-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/230309165300-robert-blake-2011-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/230309165300-robert-blake-2011.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robert Blake, known for his roles in the TV series BARETTA (1975-1978) and the film IN COLD BLOOD (1967), passed away March 9, 2023, in Los Angeles after a battle with heart disease. He was 89.<\/p>\n<p>Blake began acting as a child working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, appearing in BRIDAL SUITE (1939) and the short film series OUR GANG (1939-1944). He also appeared in 22 entries of the RED RYDER film franchise from 1944-1947. Also as a child actor he appeared in films such as THE BIG NOISE (1944), HUMORESQUE (1946), playing John Garfield\u2019s character as a child, and TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948). <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Blake\u2019s good fortune and experience as a child actor set him up to continue his success as an adult. He appeared in numerous TV series and films including WAGON TRAIN (1957-1965), LARAMIE (1959-1963), BEN CASEY (1961-1966), HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL (1957-1963), THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965), RAWHIDE (1959-1965), 12 O\u2019CLOCK HIGH (1964-1967), DEATH VALLEY DAYS (1952-1970), ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (1973), OF MICE AND MEN (1981), MONEY TRAIN (1995), and LOST HIGHWAY (1997).<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Robert Blake\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Geoffrey Huchel Robert Blake, known for his roles in the TV series BARETTA (1975-1978) and the film IN COLD BLOOD (1967), passed away March 9, 2023, in Los Angeles after a battle with heart disease. He was 89. Blake began acting as a child working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, appearing in BRIDAL SUITE (1939) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[30591],"class_list":["post-118649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-actor-robert-blake-dies-at-89-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118649"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}