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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.
Nashville and Middle Tennessee have had their fair share of plane crashes, the majority of which involved small, private planes. Plane crashes in Nashville, Middle Tennessee: A look back at some ...
Police in Tennessee identified those killed in a fiery small plane crash next to Interstate 40 on Monday as a family of five from Canada. The pilot was Victor Dotsenko, 43, and the passengers were ...
A tragic plane crash near Interstate 40 in Nashville that claimed the lives of five people is still under investigation.. The single engine plane flying from Kentucky crashed shortly before 7:45 p ...
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.
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.