I guess maybe that was a bugged game ending, but it completely worked for me and put me in a great mood when that run concluded. Total hero move on Gale's part. I thought that was a rad outro. It fully made Gale into the MVP for saving Faerun when the chips were down, but like with none of the downside or bitter aftertaste.
He's a winner. He deserves a happy ending.
Sounds like a bug, especially if it was the previous patch. Around that time I heard people report that once they were teleported to the docs he'd show up alive like in a normal ending, despite the characters making comments about his death a few moments earlier.