Actor, playwright, “Sherlock Holmes.”  Family links:  Parents:  Francis Gillette (1807 – 1879)  Elisabeth Hooker Gillette (1813 – 1893)  Spouse:  Helen Nichols Gillette (1860 – 1888)*  Siblings:  Frank Ashbel Gillette (1836 – 1859)*  Elizabeth H Gillette Warner (1838 – 1915)*  Edward Hooker Gillette (1840 – 1918)*  Robert Hooker Gillette (1842 – 1865)*  William Gillette (1853 – 1937) *Calculated relationshipCause of death: Pulmonary hemorrhage