The Tragic 1960 Death Of Clark Gable Explained

Frankly, my dear, Clark Gable still sets hearts a-flutter. But how did the "King of Hollywood's" off-screen struggles with alcohol, divorce, and personal tragedy lead to his early demise? Grab a hanky and hang on. All will be revealed.
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[@GrungeHQ]

Rest In Peace Clark Gable.

[@scotnick59]

Yessir - and many thanks for the joys you brought to we millions of movie-goers (well, now via DVD's and Television, to be honest.

[@rongendron8705]

I'm 76 & remember seeing the front page of "The Daily News" in Nov. '60 stating "GABLE DEAD at 59!" Few actors, if any, could have gotten that recognition! Gable's 'star' has diminished somewhat, for younger audiences, but for anyone over 65, he will forever remain a one of a kind "KING OF THE MOVIES", with no successor! R.I.P Clark!

[@suecox907]

If I remember correctly, Lucy made the front page when she passed in 1986(?).

[@cksu1186]

​@@suecox907 1989

[@246trixie]

I often wish i was born when things were more wholesome, less disposable like today and in the mist of the golden age of cinema, a better class of literature, mind you each generation had its troubles tho i do feel we are close to the end of days now as society has no morales in fact inverted morales these days

[@nikolasc4137]

I’m 22, and just watched Gone With The Wind. He really was a great actor.

[@sandradee4914]

He was hell of an actor,a ⭐ star RIP Clark Gable ❤️❤️

[@corkycobon1481]

Phenomenal actor. It think it is only fitting that he was buried next to the love of his life, Carole Lombard. She was the one that truly had his heart and you could tell that her death took a lot out of him.

[@patriciajrs46]

You say it's great and it's right. His last wife was the one who gave him a child. Yes, Carol was the love of his life, but did his last wife not love him? I can't say one way or the other. It just seems odd to pick a spouse, basically, rather than your last one.

[@aleksandraeynon1802]

@@patriciajrs46 not necessarily. Not everything can be explained in logical way.

[@FoxyPinkGirl]

His grand son, Clark James Gable, died too…but in 2019…at 30 from an accidental overdose of Rx medications. He was the second host of the Reality show Cheaters. He looked just like his grandfather, it’s almost uncanny!

[@steveflynn6935]

I think his grandson looked more like Clark than his own son did ! RIP

[@moddie6783]

I was just thinking about the grandson but didn't know he had died. Wow. 😢 RIP

[@mimimiller8782]

I fell in love with him when I saw Gone with the wind. He was absolutely wonderful.

[@leesashriber5097]

Still one of the greatest actors of all time. 🙏🕊️❤️

[@virginiaspeciale8641]

I was in my freshman homeroom when it was announced that Clark Gable had died. Gasps from the students followed. It just couldn’t be true.

[@martinagonzalez5033]

Alot of these actors today could not, would not be able to handle all the goings on w acting in those times.

[@kcirish]

One point you didn't mention was that he may have died shortly before the birth of his son however that was not the only child he fathered. His daughter, Judy Lewis Young was born in 1935. She was the secret biological daughter of Gable and actress Loretta Young. In later years Judy revealed she only ever saw her father once, as a teenager and only for a few minutes.

[@bghavidel600]

I watched “ The King and Four Queens “ for 100s of times and still fascinated by his role and all those lovely ladies!

[@JSB1882]

Gable actually made a film with Lombard in 1932, "No Man of Her Own", and they didn't hit it off until they met again in 1936 and led to marriage in 1939. It's one of the reasons he took on the role of Rhett Butler. "The Misfits" is my favorite film of all time, and truly I think this is the first film that I think that Gable and Monroe really had to act in. It's questionable if Gable would have made another film after "The Misfits". He considered it his swan song.

[@rongendron8705]

His next to last film, "It Started in Naples!" (1960) with a young Sophia Loren, is also a beautiful movie! Set in Capri, Italy, it captured the mood of the era perfectly & got me to travel there, years later! As I got off the small launch to the island, I asked the boatman where the house, used in the movie, was? Unexpectedly, he blurted out "Right Here", on the dock! I felt like I was in the movie!

[@cathycorriher6313]

Loved me some Clark Gable movies.....such a handsome yet rugged fellow. GWTW is my all time favorite Gable movie....it's a shame he died so young.

[@shawneedalegrimm9728]

Great tribute and thank you for the valuable information. He was surely one of the best!

[@Azhera5]

Handsome and Talented Actor of his generation ❤️ Rest in Peace.

[@beverlydenn4466]

Clark Gable also had a daughter with Loretta Young. Clark even came to Lorettas House to visit her..... It was kept quiet for years

[@rachelglittenberg3310]

She wouldn't let Clark c his daughter.

[@Pochey07]

Clarke forced Loretta

[@zaynahmahmud9834]

Rest in peace Clarke Gable

[@davidskaar3232]

1996 a 90 year old man named Charlie came in the Long Beach Ca. Cycle shop who told stories of riding motorcycles with Clark Gable and James Dean.

[@judyevancic4926]

He worked hard to end his by his addictions. After Carole Lombard death he lost the love of his life. So now he’s with her again.

[@Blondie0421]

He was one of the great’s!!! Sadly Hollywood doe’s not produce star’s the like’s of C Gable anymore…they’ve gone to woke!!!

[@eagleman1542]

My mom was always crazy about Clark Gable and she was also decimated when his grandson (the late host of "Cheaters") died of an overdose.

[@salinagrrrl69]

A looong history of films that killed actors has there been. John Wayne exposed to Nukes is an example.

[@edwardwebster8427]

Where was John Wayne exposed to Mike's?

[@salinagrrrl69]

@@edwardwebster8427 "Mike's"? Hydrobomb tests in the desert were popping during a filming of some Mongol movie.

[@glenn7152]

Smoked 2 packs a day Even when they removed A lung the Duke" never Stopped,only saying Everybody dies eventualy"

[@atomcatz5090]

I love him so much

[@timmccreery6597]

At 6'1" Gable would have definitely been the tallest tail gunner in the world.

[@anony---mous]

Rip

[@albertdehn8381]

Thanks for sharing 👍😀

[@davidarmillie4226]

This is a great video! I never knew the other side to Marilyn Monroe's grief!

[@mujeebispunk]

He's Legend and he's immortal

[@joemoore8107]

He was a hard worker and he live hard too

[@jimmymackster33185]

Hail To The King Baby RIP 🪦 Clarke Gable

[@beverlydenn4466]

The Book by Judy Lewis, "Uncommon Knowledge )who was the illegitimate daughter of Loretta Young & Clark Gable is a excellent Read.....I highly Recommend it !!

[@MissOrchid12]

Didn't he rape Loretta?

[@jeanesingsjazz]

Gable is the father of Loretta Young’s daughter Judy.

[@lesliearblaster2711]

I think his first movie was "The Painted Desert", with Bill Boyd, who later played Hopalong Cassidy.

[@kushladior6361]

He kinda looked like George Clooney with a mustache

[@kimberlyhughes6548]

George wishes!

[@MariaFernanda-dr7pv]

Amazing❤❤❤ Make video about Joan Crawford pleaseeeee

[@paulakpacente]

Gable was a great actor and a wonderful American. RIP

[@lila6117]

Love that man!

[@starcrib]

Lived hard- played hard- died hardly too soon. Interesting- his son also had an unfortunate outcome. 🇺🇲☄️

[@mistyhammond753]

I was 6 the first time I saw gone with the wind and fell in love with rhett butler, I've been obsessed with mustache s all my life

[@jameskorner6611]

Fathered a child with Loretta Young

[@marcellemcdonald3351]

Raped Loretta Young.

[@hambam7533]

they dont make actors like clark anymore

[@garybrockwell2031]

Hollywood didn't make Clark, GABLE MADE HOLLYWOOD,,, RIP THANKS TOP MAN💪💯💓👁️💥👁️🙏

[@walkertongdee]

Stop wit the substance abuse help ad, Marylyn was suicided...

[@pherasabraxas]

I think they added it because the mentioning of Gable using amphetamines. Does a 5 second quip really bother you that much?

[@walkertongdee]

@@pherasabraxas Government suiciding people like Maralyn bothers me a lot.

[@marcdeckard7064]

The Misfits is an excellent film with great performances.

[@brownsuga298]

Clark Gable was a handsome talented man May he R.I.P

[@nadyarossi5102]

Sorry, but when I learned how Cluck Gable treated his daughter, he was off my Christmas card list!

[@lawrencesait3432]

Gable only had a few good points, more were bad.

[@MissOrchid12]

Loretta Young's rape by Gable was pretty shocking & disappointing.

[@LobeJean8]

I love Clark love his movies watched him & Jean Harlow just yesterday. China seas with Wallace Beery & Saratoga with Jean &; Walter Pigeon

[@harlow743]

Very good to great Clark Gable Films.....1931 "A Free Soul"......1932......"Red Dust".......1934...."It Happened One Night"......."Manhattan Melodrama"......1935 ..."Mutiny On The Bounty"......"Call Of The Wild"....."China Seas".......1936 ....."San Franciso".......1938...."Test Pilot"......1939......"Gone With The Wind"......."Boom Town"........1940...."Strange Cargo".....1953......"Mogambo".......1958....."Teachers Pet".......1959......."The Misfits"

[@thomaswillingham4084]

That was nice

[@jeancowan1037]

Most gorgeous man ever

[@carmenroffa]

He was such a handsome and very talented man ❤❤

[@Nadia..J]

So good looking. So handsome. I saw him in gone with the wind - oh wow!

[@owilde7554]

He looked a lot older than his 59 years, a lot. He was a dissolute drunk and a chain smoker!

[@loganjones14]

If my wife died in a plane crash you probably won’t hear from me again lol that would fucking eat me alive until I die I couldn’t imagine that feeling

[@lawrencesait3432]

Even worse when he the cause of carol Lombard death, find out why she was rushing back by plane instead of a train.

[@kellypilon2422]

He hated the title of "King" according to Joan Crawford. He hated the phoniness of Hollywood and having to wear dentures and a girdle and a hair piece in his later films.

[@henrykalikeka6803]

Wow...

[@vincentkosik403]

You do what you have to do..just ask Tom Cruise at 60 plastic surgery

[@rongendron8705]

I knew about the dentures, but I doubt if he wore any type of hairpiece, just dyed it!

[@starcrib]

No sympathy- everything has a cost. 🇺🇲☄️

[@jennajobasiaz5559]

@ Kelly NEVER wore, or needed, a hairpiece ever. You made that up or your source is completely wrong. Humphrey Bogart, for example, definitely needed a hairpiece, there are photos of him without it.

[@danielluesley3795]

Clark Gable and Errol Flynn were the greatest of the late thirties actors. They don't make em like that anymore. Thank you. And yes they both Drank and Smoked and Womanized. What do you expect. They lived their lives the way they wanted to. I thought they were fantastic. MEN NOWADAYS SHOULD BE LIKE THAT. THANK YOU.

[@theitineranthistorian2024]

you left out the death of montgomery clift.

[@JSB1882]

Montgomery Clift made a number of films after "The Misfits" and died in 1966. Gable died and Monroe started another film but was let go by George Cukor before finishing it making "The Misfits" her final film too.

[@rachelglittenberg3310]

Am amazing actor and so dreamy ❤

[@dana31335]

💜

[@PatriciaBrewer-ub7ix]

We just don’t have these good actors and good looking men as we once had. It seems all the real men are gone now

[@acrocks6893]

So in 1960 Clark Gable was gone with the wind, goes to show you doesn't matter whether you're rich or poor death will come at you when it wants to

[@user-ek4cu5ch4i]

I love me some Gable

[@spike16965]

They don’t make men like that anymore

[@francesrude3007]

what ever happened to his son?

[@vicjay1972]

Known for his horribly bad breath.

[@GetReady4LiftOff]

heavy drinking. one day riding home a hesrt attack

[@JSB1882]

He was changing a tire on his truck at his ranch which provoked the heart attack.

[@JamesFranklinRussellCowan]

Hey hey

[@cristinabumbac151]

I just reviewed (for the...n time!) Gone With the Wind. Clark Gable is absolutely perfect and one must be a fool not to love him. He was very good in all his movies: he had a particular charm, a "je ne sais quoi" irresistible. His private life might have been influenced by this. Anyway after the death of Carole Lombard he changed...true love may be very hurting...I know this and I understand him. He didn't need a star, he was THE 🌟!

[@vincentkosik403]

Didn't he smoke?

[@beverlydenn4466]

@@jodi2847 Just about everyone smoked back in the 1960's !

[@vincentkosik403]

@@jodi2847 so he was a chimney

[@anthonypopola5773]

I believe he died in 1961

[@carmenroffa]

No

[@JamesFranklinRussellCowan]

Frankly

[@gordonschedel368]

Marilyn might’ve died of an overdose, but she had some help doing it. That woman was murdered in my opinion.

[@imsocuteimsorich4952]

FRANKLY MY DEAR ,O THE DAYS OF GREAT MOVIES LIGHTS 💡 CAMERA 🎥 ACTION 💡🌟🐦💏🎥,NOW THAT'S WHAT YOU CALLED ACTING, CLARK GABLE OF THAT TIME WAS THE SEX SYMBOL THEN,WOMEN ENVIED VIVIAN LEE AND MEN ENVIED CLARK GABLE,MY GRANNY WAS STANDING IN THE QUE WAITING TO SEE GONE WITH THE WIND LIKE MANY MORE WOMEN THEN MEN,SHE WAS A CLARK GABLE FAN AND HAD PICTURES OF HIM ALL OVER HER WARDROBE BECAUSE PICTURES WERE NOT ALLOWED ON THE WALLS, REST IN PEACE CLARK AMEN 🌷🌼💙🐦🌠💫🌈☀️

[@maryjohnson6796]

His grandson died in my building. It’s a nice building but not Hollywood nice. No one noticed for a week he died. Oh well.

[@carmenroffa]

Stop lying you idiot

[@yabuttsunday838]

Clark was so mean to marlan Monroe

[@yabuttsunday838]

@@jodi2847 FYou he was bad with the kids .

[@lezbarker2673]

He drank smoked and took amphetamines but it was the heat that killed him 😂

[@RandomRoss]

If the MCU was in old Hollywood he'd be Iron Man.

[@jannettbauder-jc7qs]

💋💋

[@jamesmooney8933]

I did like the Misfits, because it was a bunch of stereotypes. Monroe was a stereotype, Gable was a stereotype, and Cliff was a stereotypes. All three of these actors were just three stereotypes.

[@svetlanaivnitskaya3504]

He smoked and drank too much!

[@georgeswift4063]

Gable was a womanizer. Like all Hollywood men. I believe all actors and actresses who took up with the acting business were there for romantic reasons only.

[@lesliefitzgerald2354]

He marriedhis first wife to get ahead in Hollywood, a true jigalow. He was known to be a real cheater and drunk .....I used to believe he was a hero, he was a zero

[@lawrencesait3432]

I agree,he was the cause of his wife carol Lombard death,at the time he was filming with Lana turner, and we all know he had to have all his leading ladies, because he could not keep it in his trousers, carol Lombard took a plane instead of a train to Rush back, because she would not trust him, only after her death did he realised what a wonderful woman he had, carol Lombard had a great personality, going out with her would be one great laugh,, and she was one of the few actresses who did not sleep around.

[@tonyabrookes9931]

It's weird what people considered attractive "back in the day". Everything about him seems unhealthy & unappealing to me. Its so odd that people accepted heavy drinking and smoking as "normal" at that time. His destructive habits, multiple marriages and affairs are huge red flags but somehow those traits were/are considered "charming" to some folks. Humans are strange

[@carmenroffa]

And ??

[@buffmuscle]

He had a cleanliness fixation