Blake began working with Dahl after a meeting in 1975 set up by their publisher.

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Blake began his career as a child actor in the "Our Gang" and "Red Ryder" serials.

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Soon Blake began spending nights at her house, shuffling around in a Vikings jersey with his work boots unlaced and a beer can in his fist, and before long he was chainsawing every tree in her back yard and running wild with a rented backhoe.

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Jim Tatreau made clear Thursday that police believe Blake, who began his career as a child actor in the "Our Gang" series, pulled the trigger.

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Blake's partnership with Dahl began in 1975 when they were introduced by their publisher.

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The players matched each other at the beginning of the second set although Blake could not find a way past Hewitt's solid retrieving and began hitting more errors in his efforts to hit the lines.

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The introduction of Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Kightly at half-time breathed new life into the home side as rain began to fall in the Black Country.

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