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Carole Lombard: Plane
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When Carole Lombard died at the age of 34 in a plane crash following a World War II war bond drive, the American film industry lost one of its most talented and intelligent actresses. Starting out in silent films as a Mack Sennett bathing beauty, she later epitomized screwball comedy in Twentieth Century...Read More
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Lombard continued to make movies, making what many consider her best film, To Be or Not To Be in 1941. Its release in February was mixed with tragedy. Lombard, on a plane tour to sell war bonds, was killed when she, her mother, and fifteen Army officers went down in a fiery crash in Nevada on January 16, 1942.
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Just before boarding the plane, Carole had addressed her fans, saying: "Before I say goodbye to you all, come on and join me in a big cheer! V for Victory!" President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who admired her patriotism, declared her the first woman killed in the line of duty during the war and posthumously awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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