Beale was one of the sons of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and was a brother of Edith Bouvier Beale, whose lives were highlighted in the documentary Grey Gardens.
10 Facts About Bouvier Beale
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Bouvier Beale was born on February 13,1922, in New York City, New York.
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Bouvier Beale was the youngest son of Phelan Beale Sr and his wife Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, daughter of his father's law partner, John Vernou Bouvier Jr.
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Bouvier Beale grew up at Grey Gardens at 3 West End Road in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood in East Hampton on Long Island.
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Bouvier Beale was known as "Buddy" to his friends and family.
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Bouvier Beale married Katharine Ridgely Jones, daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Ridgely Jones of New York and Glen Cove, New York, at St Johns Episcopal Church of Lattingtown in 1942.
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Bouvier Beale's ceremony was half over when his mother Big Edie arrived, dressed like an opera star.
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Bouvier Beale spent his weekends and summers on Long Island at the Piping Rock Club, Jones Beach, and Bridgehampton.
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Bouvier Beale was raised a Catholic by his mother, but was an atheist and nihilist in his adulthood.
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Bouvier Beale's eulogy was given by his son Christopher Beale.