Clark James Gable (September 20, 1988 – February 22, 2019), also known as Clark Gable III, was an American actor, model, and television presenter. Gable was a host of the television reality show ''
Cheaters
Cheater or Cheaters may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''The Cheaters'' (1930 film), an Australian silent film
* ''Cheaters'' (1934 film), an American film directed by Phil Rosent
* ''The Cheaters'' (1945 film), directed by Joseph Ka ...
''.
Life and career
Gable was a grandson of actor
Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades ...
, the son of John Clark Gable and Tracy Yarro, and the younger brother of actress Kayley Gable. His stepfather was former
Chicago bassist
Jason Scheff
Jason Randolph Scheff (born April 16, 1962) is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter. From 1985 to 2016, he was the bassist and one of the lead vocalists for the rock band Chicago; he is the longest-serving member in the bassist/vocalist ...
.
Gable was an actor and businessman. He owned a boutique men's fashion and surfing line of clothing and accessories. He was also the president of the online electronics store ClarkGableSpyGear.com.
Gable was arrested in 2011 for shining a
laser pointer
A laser pointer or laser pen is a small handheld device with a power source (usually a battery) and a laser diode emitting a very narrow coherent low-powered laser beam of visible light, intended to be used to highlight something of interest by ...
at a police helicopter in Los Angeles. He pled guilty and was sentenced to ten days in jail and three years of probation.
Gable hosted the reality show ''
Cheaters
Cheater or Cheaters may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''The Cheaters'' (1930 film), an Australian silent film
* ''Cheaters'' (1934 film), an American film directed by Phil Rosent
* ''The Cheaters'' (1945 film), directed by Joseph Ka ...
'' from seasons 13 to 15.
Gable's daughter Shore LaRae Gable was born September 6, 2017.
Death
Gable died at age 30 at
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas on February 22, 2019, after being found unresponsive earlier that morning. He had overdosed on "illicit
fentanyl
Fentanyl, also spelled fentanil, is a very potent synthetic opioid used as a pain medication. Together with other drugs, fentanyl is used for anesthesia. It is also used illicitly as a recreational drug, sometimes mixed with heroin, cocaine, ...
,
oxycodone
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, and
alprazolam
Alprazolam, sold under the brand name Xanax, among others, is a fast-acting, potent tranquilizer of medium duration in the triazolobenzodiazepine (TBZD) class, which are benzodiazepines (BZDs) fused with a triazole ring. It is most commonly u ...
".
References
External links
*
Clark James Gable Biography on ''Cheaters'' websiteClark James Gable - Official Website
1988 births
2019 deaths
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American people of Pennsylvania Dutch descent
Drug-related deaths in Texas
Male actors from Malibu, California
Male models from California
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