Robert Blake, actor who was tried over wife’s killing, dies at 89

Emmy winner for Baretta was acquitted in the 2001 shooting of his wife but found liable by a civil jury

Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, has died age 89.

A statement released on behalf of his niece, Noreen Austin, said Blake died from heart disease, surrounded by family at home in Los Angeles.