Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

Mrs. Gilbert Dead
Chicago, Dec. 2. - Mrs. George Henry Gilbert, the oldest actress on the American stage, died in her room at the Sherman House today, shortly after she had suffered a stoke of apoplexy, due to a cold water bath. She lived only an hour and a half after she was stricken.
Mrs. Gilbert was the star of the play “Granny,” written for her by Clyde Fitch. The company was organized by Charles Frohman and put before the public as a tribute to Mrs. Gilbert’s long career upon the stage. Mrs. Gilbert played “Granny” for three weeks in Chicago and when she started to tour the country it was the intention to present the play in every city she had played in during her career and at the conclusion of the long trip she was eighty three years old and had been on the stage seventy years.