Carole Lombard - Born Jane Alice Peters on Oct. 6, 1908 in Fort Wayne, Ind. Died Jan. 16, 1942 of plane crash in Las Vegas, NV, The lithe blond was glamorous, beautiful, smart as a whip and moved with ease from comedies to dramas on the silver screen. &quot; She was married to the reigning king of Hollywood, Clark Gable, and the two fondly referred to each other as Ma and Pa. Gable married two more times but never got over her death. He died 18 years later and was buried next to her.