Carole Lombard, born Fort Wayne IN in 1908 OTD (on this date - American arts - letters)

born Jane Alice Peters,

Carole Lombard

Oct. 6, 1908

in 1931 she teamed with

William Powell in

Man of the World;

she died Jan. 16, 1942

in a plane crash returning

to Hollywood after a war

bond rally in INDIANA.

Famous film roles in

1930s and 1941:

"Twentieth Century" (1934)

"My Man Godfrey" / "Mr.

and Mrs. Smith" / "To

be or not to be" (released

in 1942). Her 2nd marriage

was to Clark Gable (March 29,

1939 - until her death

in Jan. 1942).