As Jean Harlow became even more famous, her personal life got sadder and more bizarre. While filming "Red Dust" in 1932, she received word that her husband of two months, MGM producer Paul Bern, had died by suicide. Harlow was nearly replaced by actress Tallulah Bankhead, but she managed to complete filming, and "Red Dust" was another hit, as reported by IMDb. Harlow married a third time in 1933, but her union with cinematographer Harold Rosson lasted less than a year, although they didn't officially divorce until 1936. The official Jean Harlow website notes that after she split with Rosson, she began a relationship with actor William Powell, who the site calls the love of her life. They never married. While filming what would turn out to be her final movie, "Saratoga," Harlow was hospitalized with uremic poisoning and kidney failure. She died on June 7, 1937, at the age of 26.
At the time of Harlow's death, per Celebrity Net Worth, she had a net worth of $100,000, which is the modern equivalent of about $1.7 million. Her largest asset was a $104,000 life insurance policy that was left to her mother. Harlow's stepfather had been in charge of her finances for years and severely mismanaged her funds; at the time of her death, Harlow owed $76,000 to the IRS.
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