Example sentences of "[pers pn] died of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Daphne recalls how , early on , ‘ I made the mistake of allowing one to become too fond of me and , when I went away for two weeks , she died of a broken heart .
2 They died of a broken heart .
3 Hoffnung was only thirty-four when he died of a cerebral haemorrhage in Hampstead 28 September 1959 .
4 He died of a single gunshot wound to the left side of the head following the attack at the ancient tourist town of Parati .
5 ‘ I thought he died of a broken heart when the Russians bombed Long Bridge . ’
6 Of course , he defied doctor 's orders , and in 1977 he died of a massive heart attack , aged sixty .
7 He died of a crushed chest , moments after crashing into a newsagent 's shop .
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