In 1955, Gable married Kay Spreckels (née Kathleen Williams), a three-times-married former fashion model and actress who had previously been married to sugar-refining heir Adolph B. Spreckels, Jr., and became stepfather to her two children. On March 20, 1961, Kay Gable gave birth to Gable's only son, John Clark Gable, at the same hospital in which her husband had died four months earlier. John Clark raced cars and trucks most notably in the Baja 1000 and 500, turning down Hollywood offers to act until "Bad Jim" (1990)"," a straight to video film";" by 1999 his work with the Clark Gable Foundation helped open the birthplace historical museum in his father's hometown of Cadiz. He had two children: Kayley Gable (born 1986) and Clark James Gable (1988–2019). Kayley is an actress, while Clark James was the host of two seasons of the nationally syndicated reality show "Cheaters". Clark James died at age 30 on February 22, 2019.