Following the end of "Murder, She Wrote," Lansbury returned to the theatre. Although cast in the lead role in the 2001 Kander and Ebb musical "The Visit", she withdrew before it opened due to her husband's deteriorating health. Peter died in January 2003 of congestive heart failure at the couple's Brentwood, California home. Lansbury felt that after this event she would not take on any more major acting roles, and that instead might make a few cameo appearances but nothing more. Wanting to spend more time in New York City, in 2006 she purchased a $2 million condominium in Manhattan.