Clark Gable Death
Clark passed away on November 16, 1960 at the age of 59 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Clark's cause of death was heart failure.
When did Clark Gable die?
November 16, 1960How did Clark Gable die? What was the cause of death?
Heart failureHow old was Clark Gable when died?
59Where did Clark Gable die? What was the location of death?
Los Angeles, California, USA
Clark Gable Birthday and Date of Death
Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 and died on November 16, 1960. Clark was 59 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: February 1, 1901
Date of Death: November 16, 1960
Age at Death: 59
Is Clark Gable's father, William Henry Gable, dead or alive?
William Henry Gable's information is not available now.
Is Clark Gable's mother, Adeline Hershelman, dead or alive?
Adeline Hershelman's information is not available now.
Clark Gable - Biography
Clark Gable was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood" or just simply as "The King". Gable began his career as a stage actor and appeared as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926, and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for MGM in 1931. The next year he landed his first leading Hollywood role and became a leading man in more than 60 motion pictures over the next three decades.
Gable was married five times. He married his first wife, Josephine Dillon, in 1924. In 1930, Gable and Dillon were divorced. He later married his second wife, Texas socialite Maria Franklin Prentiss Lucas Langham (nicknamed "Rhea"). The couple divorced on March 7, 1939. On March 29, 1939, during a production break on Gone with the Wind, Gable married his third wife, Carole Lombard. Lombard died in a plane crash on January 16, 1942. In 1949, Gable married Sylvia Ashley, a British model and actress previously married to Douglas Fairbanks; the couple divorced in 1952.
In 1955, Gable married his fifth wife, Kay Spreckels (née Kathleen Williams), a thrice-married former fashion model and actress who had previously been married to sugar-refining heir Adolph B. Spreckels Jr. On March 20, 1961, Kay Gable gave birth to Gable's only son, John Clark Gable, at the same hospital in which her husband had died four months earlier. Marilyn Monroe attended John Clark's baptism. John Clark had two children: Kayley Gable (born 1986) and Clark James Gable (born September 20, 1988). Kayley is an actress, while Clark James was the host of the nationally syndicated reality show Cheaters.
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. Their daughter, Judy, was born on November 6, 1935 in Venice, California. Young's pregnancy was hidden in an elaborate scheme. Gable was in New York City when he received an unsigned telegram that said, "The baby was born, she is beautiful, and has blonde hair." Young and her mother both denied sending the telegram; Loretta believed that Carter Hermann (her sister Polly's husband, who was also Judy's godfather) had sent it. Nineteen months after the birth, Young claimed to have adopted Judy. Judy went by the name Judy Lewis after her mother married Tom Lewis when she was four years of age.
