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Actor and playwright William Gillette (1853-1937) is best known in the stage role of Sherlock Holmes. He built a 24-room castle overlooking the Connecticut River in Hadlyme in 1919 which today is a museum and state park.
http://www.henryzecher.com/gillettebio.htm
Vintage photos and biopic information on actor who is best-known today as the living personification of Sherlock Holmes.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=391
Photographs of him and of his tombstone from Riverside Cemetery in Farmington, Connecticut. Includes interactive visitor comments and brief biographical sketch from Find A Grave.
http://www.sherylfranklin.com/sh-gillette.html
Photos of the actor plus reproduction of letter to him from Arthur Conan Doyle.
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