Edited sentence: Gillian was a 14-year-old actress and guitarist, and the accident occurred on the way home from an audition in New York City with her mother driving.He currently performs frequently with his daughter, Lexie, who is a songwriter, singer, actress and popular chef, and also with his own band.His brother is artist David Roth.His father was one of the four Roth brothers, all of whom became cartoonists.His wife Deborah and daughter Gillian died in an auto accident in 1998.It occurred on The Merritt Parkway in Greenwich, CT, and there was great controversy over the negligence and poor handling of the accident by the rescue workers of that town.Roth is the son of The New Yorker cartoonist Al Ross, who died at the age of 100 in 2012