When friends did not hear from Beale around the New Year, they called the complex she had been living in, who then sent somebody to check on her. Beale was found dead in her apartment on January 14, 2002, aged 84. It is believed she had died about five days earlier, either from a stroke or heart attack. The inscription on her grave marker reads: "I came from God. I belong to God. In the end, I shall return to God."

Legacy

Interest in the Beales' story resulted in a variety of publishing

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