Carole Lombard and Clark Gable

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In the ’30s, movie fans were obsessed with the courtship between the sylphy blonde comedienne and devilish leading man. They wed in the first day Gable had off from shooting Gone With the Wind, and had three blissful years together (and profitable — they were Hollywood’s highest paid stars). Tragically, Lombard’s plane crashed during a war bond-selling tour in 1942, killing her. Gable was never the same. But after his 1961 death, the “King of Hollywood’s” fifth wife buried him right next to his one true love. So sweet.