She sold Grey Gardens a year after her mother died under the condition that it not be demolished. She went on to live in New York City, where she had a cabaret act at the Reno Sweeney for two weeks, Montreal, California, and finally Bal Harbour, Florida. She surrounded herself with friends and family, had an active social life, and swam in the ocean almost everyday, even up in her 80's. She died of a heart attack in January of 2002.
Little Edith Bouvier Beale, also known as "Little Edie," passed away on January 14, 2002. She was a cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and gained fame through the documentary film "Grey Gardens," which chronicled her life with her mother in a decrepit mansion in the Hamptons.
January of 2002, of a heart attack.
Yes, in January of 2002.
Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale died on 1977-02-05.
Nicolas Bouvier died in 1998.
John Bouvier died in 1851.
Charles Bouvier died in 1964.
Hélène Bouvier died in 1978.
Mary Beale died in 1699.
Phelan Beale died in 1956.
Dorothea Beale died in 1906.
Bobby Beale died in 1950.
Anne Beale died in 1900.
Truxtun Beale died in 1936.
Jack Beale died in 2006.