Describe the narrative of how Sai Baba left his physical body. Was it considered a conventional death?

The text explicitly rejects the notion that Sai Baba experienced a conventional death. Chapter 43 describes his departure as a voluntary and masterful act. It states that Sai Samarth could 'die at will' and that he chose to 'burn the body in the fire of Yoga.' This was not a perishing but a conscious transition where he 'merged himself into the unmanifest' in order to remain in the hearts of his devotees. The author notes that the idea of his body truly perishing is something the mind cannot accept, emphasizing that his departure was a yogic play undertaken for the salvation of his followers.