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Lombard in Indiana, January 1942, shortly before her death in a plane crash. When the U.S. entered World War II, Lombard traveled to her home state of Indiana for a war bond rally with her mother and Clark Gable's press agent, Otto Winkler. Lombard raised more than $2 million in defense bonds in a single evening.
On the morning of January 16, 1942, at 4:00 local time, actress Carole Lombard, her mother, Clark Gable's press agent, and her MGM press agent boarded Flight 3 in Indianapolis. Lombard, eager to meet her husband Clark Gable in Los Angeles, was returning from a successful war bond promotion tour in the Midwest, where she helped raise over $2 ...
All aboard the flight were killed. Army officials offered to honor Lombard with a complete military funeral but Gable chose to respect her wishes and opted for a simple, private funeral. After his wife's burial in California, Clark Gable joined the Army Air Corps and flew B-17 missions from England. Lombard was recognized by the Hollywood ...
When movie star Clark Gable visited Palm Beach in 1944, ... ,” the Daily News reported. ... Gable’s third wife, famed actress Carole Lombard — whom he is said to have adored — died in 1942
Safai's wife told NBC4 that he was on board the plane when it crashed. The National Weather Service said conditions near Catalina Airport the night of the crash were calm, clear and quiet.
The crash occurred at 2:15 p.m. local time in Fullerton, California on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed to Fox News Digital. The plane was a single-engine Van-RV10 ...
During the filming of The Call of the Wild in early 1935, the film's lead actress, Loretta Young, became pregnant with Gable's child. Clark Gable had allegedly slept with Young while on an overnight train from a studio location to Hollywood. [134] Their daughter, Judy Lewis, was born on November 6, 1935, in Venice, California.
The Speed Racer actor, 51, was killed in a plane crash in the Caribbean on Thursday, Jan. 4, along with his two young daughters, Madita 12, and Annik 10, and the aircraft's pilot.