Bonnie Lee Bakley
| Bonnie Lee Bakley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 7, 1956 Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | May 4, 2001 (aged 44) Studio City, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Homicide |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills |
| Other names | Leebonny |
| Occupation | Former singer and actress |
| Spouse(s) | Evangelos Paulakis (1971; divorced) Paul Gawron (1977–1982; divorced) Robert Moon (1984–1987; divorced) DeMart C. Besly (1988; annulled) Joseph Brooksher (1992; annulled) William Webber (1993; annulled) E. Robert Telufson (1994; annulled) Glynn H. Wolfe (1995; annulled) John Ray (1996–1998; divorced) Robert Blake (2000–2001; her death) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Edward J. Bakley Marjorie Lewis-Bakley |
Bonnie Lee Bakley (June 7, 1956 – May 4, 2001) was the wife of actor Robert Blake. Bakley was fatally shot while sitting in Blake's parked car outside a Los Angeles-area restaurant in May 2001.
In 2002, Robert Blake was charged with Bakley's murder, solicitation of murder, conspiracy and special circumstance of lying in wait. In March 2005, a jury found Blake not guilty of the crimes. Seven months later, Blake was found liable in a wrongful death lawsuit brought against him by Bakley's children. Officially, Bakley's murder remains unsolved.
Bonnie Lee Bakley was born in Morristown, New Jersey to arborist Edward J. Bakley and his wife, Marjorie Lois Bakley. Bakley had three siblings: Margerry Lisa Bakley, Joe Bakley, and her half-brother Peter Carlyon from her mother's second marriage. She was raised by and lived with her grandmother in Glen Gardner, New Jersey while her mother operated an antique business at 6 Kossuth Street in Wharton, New Jersey.
Bakley dropped out of high school at age 16 and decided to go to New York City to pursue a career in modeling and acting at the Barbizon School of Modeling. She was married at 21 to her first cousin Paul Gawron and had two children with him: Glenn and Holly. The couple divorced in 1982.
In an effort to support herself, Bakley began a mail-order business sending nude pictures of women, including herself, to men. She also ran "lonely hearts" ads in magazines advertising for a "male companion." After communicating with the men who answered her ads, she would ask for money for rent or travel expenses. Bakley's business and scams eventually afforded her enough money to buy several houses in Memphis and a house outside Los Angeles. She was unsuccessful, however, in her Hollywood career as a singer and actor under the stage name Leebonny.
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