Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Pascal remained in close correspondence with his guru Meher Baba right up to the end of his life and met with him for the last time in Scarsdale , New York in 1952 .
Simplified: Pascal remained in contact with his guru Meher Baba right up to the end of his life and met with him in person one last time in New York in 1952 .