Leslie Howard ek mashhoor British actor, director, aur writer the, jo apni zabardast acting aur charm ke liye jane jate the. Unhone Hollywood aur British cinema dono mein hi apni ek alag pehchaan banayi. Magar unki maut ek ajeeb aur dukh bhari kahani hai.
Leslie Howard ka janm 3 April 1893 ko London, England mein hua tha. Unhone apni zindagi mein kai shaandar filmein ki, jaise ki Gone with the Wind jisme unhone Ashley Wilkes ka kirdar ada kiya tha. Magar unka safar achanak 1 June 1943 ko khatam ho gaya jab unka plane, jo Lisbon se London ja raha tha, Nazi German fighters ne Gibraltar ke nazdeek gira diya. Yeh mana jata hai ki shayad woh kisi secret mission par the ya phir unhe galti se Winston Churchill samajh kar nishana banaya gaya.
Ab sawal uthta hai ki Leslie Howard ki kabr kahan hai? Haqeeqat yeh hai ki unka koi proper grave nahi hai. Jab German aircraft ne unka plane shoot down kiya, to woh Atlantic Ocean mein gir gaya aur unki body kabhi recover nahi ho saki. Is wajah se unki koi physical grave ya kabristan mein dafnaya gaya maqbara nahi hai.
Magar unka naam London ke Golders Green Crematorium mein ek memorial plaque par likha gaya hai. Yani agar koi unko yaad karna chahta hai, to wahaan ja sakta hai. Iske alawa, Spain aur England mein bhi unke naam ke memorials hain, jo unki legacy aur unke contributions ko yaad dilate hain.
Leslie Howard ek aise actor the jo sirf acting nahi balki apni soch aur jazbe ki wajah se bhi logon ke dilon mein zinda hain. Unka naam filmon ki duniya mein hamesha amar rahega, chahe unki kabar kahin bhi ho ya na ho.