ACTOR BLAKE'S HOUSE FOR SALE.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer STUDIO CITY - Actor Robert Blake Robert Blake may be:
The ``Baretta'' actor intends to move to the west San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. area, said his attorney, Harland Braun, noting that the 67-year-old wants to be close to his adult daughter, who will help with child care. ``He basically wants to move to a location more convenient for his adult daughter,'' Braun said. Blake was left alone to care for his 14-month-old daughter, Rosie, when her mother, 44-year-old Bonny Bonny (bŏn`ē), town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta, on the Bight of Biafra. In the 18th and 19th cent., Bonny was the center of a powerful trading state, and in the 19th cent. it became the leading site for slave exportation in W Africa. Lee Bakley, was shot and killed outside a Studio City restaurant while sitting in Blake's car. Police are still investigating the case and have not made any arrests. Blake has been questioned and his stormy relationship with his wife, whom he married after Rosie was born, has come under scrutiny. Bakley lived on a house on the back of the property and her relatives have accused Blake of being abusive. Braun denies the charges and has put attention on Bakley's character, saying she defrauded men in a lonely hearts lonely hearts Adjective of or for people seeking a congenial companion or marriage partner: lonely hearts ads lonely hearts adj lonely hearts ad → scam (SCSI Configured AutoMatically) A subset of Plug and Play that allows SCSI IDs to be changed by software rather than by flipping switches or changing jumpers. Both the SCSI host adapter and peripheral must support SCAM. See SCSI. , and he charges that Bakley was star-struck and had trolled for a famous husband. Blake is asking $1,098,000 for his 4,909-square-foot seven-bedroom, six-bath compound, said the Studio City real estate agent who placed it up for sale Thursday. She refused any further comment. Blake has recently moved his belongings into storage while still living in the home, Braun said, adding that his client was not moving for privacy reasons. Area real estate agents say it's unclear whether the Mata Hari Ranch, which was seen on TV and in newspapers in the wake of the killing, will benefit from its infamous reputation. ``Even though the person is a celebrity, still, things like violence (and) killing people could influence (the sale) of the house in a very bad way because the future buyer is looking to have peace,'' said Olga Altieri, a real estate agent with Century 21 in Beverlywood. ``When they see things like this, it brings a bad perspective to the property.'' RE/MAX RE/MAX Real Estate Maximums (Canada) Centre real estate agent Ruth Garriette, who's handling the Cyndi Lauper estate as well as the 60-plus acres of the Indigo Records estate in Malibu owned by recording agent Richard Kaplan, didn't think the notorious nature of the home's celebrity would hurt the sale. ``With homes like that, it's all about publicity,'' she said. ``It'll get more publicity, which means it'll cover a wider range of people interested in the property. People just want to have the affiliation. We're all (about) Hollywood in California.'' Randall Bell, a Laguna Beach-based real estate damages consultant who has worked on accounts that include homes inhabited by Sharon Tate, JonBenet Ramsey, Nicole Brown Simpson Nicole Brown Simpson (May 19, 1959 – June 12, 1994) was the wife of American football player O.J. Simpson. Found murdered at her home in Los Angeles, California, along with her friend Ronald Goldman, her death led to one of the most controversial and widely-discussed criminal , Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer. Dahmer murdered at least 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1989 and 1991. and former members of the Heaven's Gate Heaven's Gate U.S. religious group that committed mass suicide in 1997 and that had been founded on a belief in unidentified flying objects. Established by Marshall H. cult, said he didn't think there would be a problem with the Blake home. ``I'd be really surprised if (Blake's home) has a stigma,'' Bell said. ``That occurs when there is a crime at the house. My inclination is it'll sell fairly normally. ``Even if there is a suicide in a house in California, it often doesn't translate into lost property value.'' CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: BLAKE Box: HOW IT'S LISTED |
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