 In 1999 he returned to the theatre and in 2003 was awarded the title of The People's Artist of Russia.In December 2003, Alexander Belyavsky suffered a stroke which left him incapacitated.On September 8, 2012, he was found on the ground by the house where he lived, having fallen, apparently, from the staircase window between the 5th and the 6th floor of the house he lived in.