Talk:Robert Blake (actor)

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Contents 1 Cat question 2 Broken link 3 About him and her sister 4 Eating Disorder Question 5 Bonny vs. Bonnie 6 courthouse shooting

[edit] Cat question

While Blake is of Italian descent, he was born in the US and has only made one obscure movie in Italy. Does he really qualify to be in the category of Italian actors and actresses? MK 04:45, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Broken link

I'm moving the following link which is broken here in case it goes back online or a mirror is found. --Calm 17:06, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

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One would think that due to the fact that he is of Italian descent, he is an Italian actorrandazzo562-28-06

Er, at most that makes him an Italian-American actor. Italian descent doesn't make one an Italian anything; Italian nationality does. By the same logic, Frank Sinatra is not called an Italian actor (he was of Italian descent but was born, raised, and spent most of his life in the US.)75.70.123.215 (talk) 05:23, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] About him and her sister

Blake is not considered Italian. He's considered an ItalianAmerican actor. About her sister, the name should be Giovanna. Jake 01:00, 29 Sept 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eating Disorder Question

The page shows a link to people with eating disorders. What is his disorder? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Al95521 (talk • contribs)

that categorization was added by an anonymous user from 68.97.43.157 on November 8, 2006. That user appears to be tagging a lot of users with that category. I can't find any independent evidence that Robert Blake has an eating disorder. Unless someone can produce some within a few days, let's remove that categorization. --Amoore 17:48, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

After looking further into it, it appears that his attorney once claimed that Blake had an eating disorder. It was probably part of building a defense case or something, so it's hard to say if it's true or not, or if Blake would say the same thing now. I'll leave it there, though I wouldn't really argue on either side of this one. -- Amoore 15:57, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bonny vs. Bonnie

I don't know which is the correct spelling for the first name of Blake’s late wife, but the CBS article cited in the story spells it as Bonny in its headline. Please do not revert or change the citation of the headline. — Bellhalla 13:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] courthouse shooting

Why is there no information on William Strier and his attempt to kill an attorney outside the courthouse during Blake's trial? The (rather amazing) video of that incident has been making the rounds in the independent crime video shows lately, most notably Court TV's "Video Justice." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 166.102.104.5 (talk) 06:02, 21 April 2007 (UTC).