 In her later years, Burke ran a women's wrestling school in Encino, California.Among her students was Canadian Rhonda Sing, who went on to fame as WWWA World Champion, Monster Ripper, and later WWF Women's Champion Bertha Faye.Burke died from a stroke on February 18, 1989 in Northridge, California, and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.