Robert John Bardo, the obsessed fan who murdered actress Rebecca Schaeffer (“My Sister Sam”) in 1989 and who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and sent to Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California, was stabbed 11 times on Friday by a prison inmate.

Bardo was airlifted to a local hospital where he was treated and returned to the prison.

According to a report in the LA Times, the suspect is a 49-year-old murderer who is said to be serving a life term. State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said the stabbing occurred in the yard while inmates were on their way to breakfast at approximately 6:20 in the morning. Two inmate-made weapons were recovered at the scene.

“She came into my life in the right moment. She was brilliant, pretty, outrageous, her innocence impressed me. She turned into a goddess for me, an idol. Since then, I turned an atheist, I only adored her.”
– Robert John Bardo

[Morbidly Hollywood]

Before her murder in 1989, Bardo (who was then just 19) was obsessed with the young starlet and had written her letters several times, even attempting to gain entry onto the “My Sister Sam” set. Later, Bardo obtained Schaeffer’s address through a private detective agency, made his way to Los Angeles and tracked down her apartment building. Upon buzzing her apartment, Schaeffer (who was said to be waiting for a script for an upcoming audition at the time) answered the door to find no script, but instead Bardo waiting and wanting an autograph. After asking for her autograph Bardo left, only to return approximately 20 minutes later. When Schaeffer answered the door a second time, Bardo pulled out a gun from a brown paper bag and shot her once at point-blank range in the chest.

Schaeffer was quicly transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead 30 minutes after her arrival. The following day, Bardo was arrested in Tucson, Arizona where he confessed to her murder. He was tried and convicted without a jury by prosecutor Marcia Clark on charges of capital murder. On December 20, 1991, Bardo was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

Note by Celebitchy: Here’s the intro to “My Sister Sam”: