Editing Jeremy Brett (section)

==Death==
[[File:Plaque for Jeremy Brett in Clapham Common.jpg|thumb|Plaque on a memorial bench for Brett on [[Clapham Common]]. ]]
Brett died from heart failure on 12 September 1995 at his home in [[Clapham]], at age 61. His [[heart valve]]s had been scarred by [[rheumatic fever]] contracted as a child, and on top of this he had been a heavy smoker throughout his life.{{sfnp|Manners|2001|p=26}} His body was cremated.

One of his elder brothers, John, who was a minister, spoke at his youngest brother's memorial service on 29 November 1995.

[[Mel Gussow]] wrote in an obituary for ''[[The New York Times]]'', "Mr. Brett was regarded as the quintessential Holmes: breathtakingly analytical, given to outrageous disguises and the blackest moods and relentless in his enthusiasm for solving the most intricate crimes."<ref>{{cite news |last=Gussow |first=Mel |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE7D6163DF937A2575AC0A963958260 |title=Jeremy Brett, an Unnerving Holmes, Is Dead at 59 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 September 1995 |page=B15}}</ref>

A memorial tree to the actor was planted on [[Clapham Common]] – near where Brett had lived locally for many years prior to his death – on 30 March 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title='Quintessential' Sherlock Holmes Remembered {{!}} CCMAC |url=https://claphamcommon.info/quintessential-sherlock-holmes-remembered/ |publisher=The Clapham Common Management Advisory Committee (CCMAC) |date=27 October 2015}}</ref>