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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 ...
Once filming began, Gable and Turner continued their friendly working relationship. Filming was suspended for a month after Gable's wife, actress Carole Lombard, was killed in a plane crash. Gable was permitted to take leave from filming for a period of bereavement, and the studio almost scrapped the film.
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
A couple died after their plane crashed in a field Sunday in northwest Kansas, officials say. David Allen, 78, and his wife, 79-year-old Jeanne Allen, both from Elbert, Colorado, were killed in ...
William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901, in Cadiz, Ohio, to William Henry "Will" Gable (1870–1948), an oil-well driller, [4] [5] and his wife Adeline (née Hershelman). His father was a Protestant and his mother a Catholic.
Israeli soccer player turned tech entrepreneur, wife killed in Truckee plane crash during storm. Daniel Hunt. March 31, 2024 at 11:23 AM. ... USA TODAY Sports. Bowl game schedule today: Breaking ...
Gable and Lombard fish, play practical jokes on each other, laugh, fight, and have fun making up. His wife finally grants him a divorce, and the two wed. The happily ever after ending is thwarted when Lombard is killed in a plane crash while promoting the purchase of defense bonds during World War II.