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She was married to Adolph Bernard Spreckels II, a sugar heir, from 1945 until 1952, with whom she had two children (including Bunker Spreckels). [1] Williams was married to actor Clark Gable from 1955 until his death in 1960. The couple had one child, a son, [1] who was born after his father's death. [2]
Bunker Spreckels (born Adolph Bernard Spreckels III; August 15, 1949 – January 7, 1977) was an American surfer and an early pioneer of a surfboard design. He was the great-grandson of German-born sugar baron Claus Spreckels and was heir to the Spreckels Sugar fortune. [1] Spreckels became the stepson of Clark Gable when his mother married the ...
Kay Spreckels . In 1955, Gable married Kay Spreckels (née Kathleen Williams), [121] a thrice-married former fashion model and actress who had previously been married to sugar-refining heir Adolph B. Spreckels Jr. Four months after his 1960 death, Kay Gable gave birth to his only biological son, John Clark Gable. [130]
The Spreckels Mansion in San Francisco. Adolph Bernard Spreckels (January 5, 1857 – June 28, 1924) was a California businessman who ran the Spreckels Sugar Company and who donated the California Palace of the Legion of Honor art museum to the city of San Francisco in 1924. His wife, Alma, was called the "great grandmother of San Francisco". [1]
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
The Spreckels Sugar Company was founded by entrepreneur, industrialist, newspaper publisher, and railroad executive Claus Spreckels (1828–1908) in February 1899. He founded the company town of Spreckels, California, just south of the city of Salinas, California, in 1897, but his descendants began to relinquish control when they started selling homes in the community to the public c. 1925.
Adolph Claus J. Spreckels [notes 1] (July 9, 1828 – December 26, 1908) was a German-born major industrialist in both California and Hawai'i during the kingdom and republican periods of the islands' history. Spreckels founded or was involved in several enterprises, most notably the company that bears his name, Spreckels Sugar Company.
Inside the scandal over Texas Rep. Kay Granger’s mysterious disappearance from DC — and what really happened to her Ryan King, Jared Downing December 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM