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  legendary romance of superstars  Clark Gable and Carole Lombard ended  abruptly when she was killed in a 1942 plane crash They were the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (minus kids) of Hollywood’s Golden Era — but the legendary romance of superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard ended abruptly when she was killed in a 1942 plane crash while returning home from a World War II War Bonds tour. Enlarge Image Actor Clark Gable and his wife, Carole Lombard, were considered the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie of their time. Gable cheated on Lombard with his co-star, Lana Turner. A new book reveals the chain of events that ultimately took Lombard’s life. It was set into motion when Gable, then 40 and Hollywood’s top box-office attraction, cheated on his wife — 33 and one of the most desirable women in the world — with one of his co-stars, 21-year-old bombshell Lana Turner. “When Gable and Lombard got together and spent three full years as bedmates before they married, she became a on...