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Two tickets to the Baretta show! Robert Blake, 81, pictured on rare public outing in cut-off muscle shirt and cowboy hat...10 years after being acquitted of killing wife

Published: 20:36 EST, 30 July 2015 | Updated: 02:03 EST, 31 July 2015

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Former Baretta star Robert Blake has shunned the limelight over the last 10 years after being acquitted of his wife's murder.

But on Thursday the 81-year-old was spotted out and about in Beverly Hills wearing an eccentric getup.

The veteran television star displayed his bare arms in a cut-off muscle shirt, with a Harley Davidson logo, and cowboy hat.

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Rare sighting: Former Baretta star Robert Blake was spotted on Thursday in Beverly Hills

Completing the former actor's attire was a set of black leather cowboy boots and blue jeans as a lone purple bow was tucked into the band of his broad brimmed hat.

Blake's silver hair was neatly slicked back as he wore dark sunglasses during the glaring heat of the LA summer weather.

At one point a woman passed by pushing a pram and the octogenarian flashed her a smile while seated on a wooden bench.

Cowboy up! The veteran television star displayed his bare arms in a cut-off muscle shirt, with a Harley Davidson logo, and cowboy hat

His own sense of style: Completing the former actor's attire was a set of black leather cowboy boots and blue jeans as a lone purple bow was tucked into the band of his broad brimmed hat

Blake was acquitted of wife Bonnie Lee Bakley's murder in 2005 following a spell in prison - and four years after the killing, in which Bakley was shot in the head while sitting in a car outside a Los Angeles restaurant they had just dined at.

The incident took place as Bonnie Lee, 44, sat in the actor's car outside his favorite Italian restaurant in Studio City, Los Angeles.

On May 7, 10 years after the murder, the veteran actor was spotted driving slowly past the location where his second wife was gunned down on the night of May 4, 2001.

An eyewitness described Blake looking 'pensive' as he drove past Vitello's, the restaurant in the 4300 block of Tujunga Avenue where he last dined with Bonny Lee Bakley before she was shot in the head.

History: Blake was acquitted of wife Bonnie Lee Bakley's murder in 2005 following a spell in prison - and four years after the killing

On the occasion, Blake was dressed in blue jeans, a purple sweatshirt, a black cowboy hat and a pair of dark sunglasses.

At one point, he was photographed leaning against his dark-colored car in the vicinity of the Studio City eatery.

When asked later about his pilgrimage to Vitello's by the National Enquirer over the phone, Blake reportedly denied visiting the area this month and insisted that it’s been years since he last set eyes on the notorious murder scene.

Returned: On May 7, 10 years after the murder, the veteran actor was spotted driving slowly past the location where his second wife was gunned down on the night of May 4, 2001

When initially questioned by police after his wife's murder, Robert Blake, then 67, said he and Bonny had dined at Vitello's and then went back to their car parked on a nearby side street at around 9.40pm.

Blake claimed that he forgot something and went back to the restaurant to retrieve it. When he returned, the actor said he found his wife shot in the passenger seat. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Blake's attorney, Harland Braun, said what the actor left behind was a gun. Blake was carrying it because his wife of less than six months feared for her life because of her troubled past.

In high spirits: At one point a woman passed by pushing a pram and the octogenarian flashed her a smile while seated on a wooden bench

Bonny Lee Bakley had been married at least 10 times, had a record for mail fraud and made a living scamming men out of money with nude pictures of herself and promises of sex.

Robert Blake was a former child star who made his debut at age 5 as Mickey in the Our Gang comedies.

But Blake is best known for his role as the tough-talking TV detective Tony Baretta in the 1970s hit show of the same name, where his catchphrase was, 'Don’t do the crime if you can't do the time.'

He has had dozens of movie roles, including his portrayal of real-life killer Perry Smith in the 1967 film In Cold Blood - a role that earned him an Academy Award nomination.

Blake, who divorced his first wife, actress Sondra Kerr in 1983, met Bakley at a jazz club in 2000. The woman quickly became pregnant and the two tied the knot in a simple ceremony at which the bride wore a court-ordered electronic monitoring bracelet because she was still on probation for fraud.

Keeping cool: Blake's silver hair was neatly slicked back as he wore dark sunglasses during the glaring heat of the LA summer weather

During his murder trial, prosecutors said Blake believed his wife trapped him into a loveless marriage by getting pregnant. They said Blake soon became smitten with the baby, Rosie, and desperately wanted to keep the child away from Bakley, whom he considered an unfit mother.

The defense called it a weak case built largely on the testimony of two Hollywood stuntmen who said Blake tried to get them to have his newlywed wife ‘snuffed.’

No eyewitnesses, blood or DNA evidence linked Blake to the crime. The murder weapon, found in a trash bin, could not be traced to Blake, and witnesses said the minuscule amounts of gunshot residue found on Blake’s hands could have come from a different gun he said he carried for protection.

The sensational case came to a stunning conclusion in March 2005, four years after Bonny Lee Bakley's slaying, when a jury cleared Robert Blake of a murder charge. In court, Blake was photographed sobbing and trembling with emotion as the not guilty verdict was announced.

Robert Blake sports cut-off shirt and cowboy hat