passing away

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Collinge set up Rant & Ramble in 2023 as a way to "clear her head", after her mother was diagnosed with lung cancer, passing away from the disease nine months later.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Jimmy Carter lived longer than any other American president, passing away on Sunday at the age of 100.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2024

“We are still seeing those hospitalizations and bad outcomes, and even folks who are passing away from COVID. It hasn’t gone away,” Bronstein said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

Willie became a music teacher and armchair composer before passing away in the 1950s.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

Old systems of exploitation and oppression are passing away, and out of the womb of a frail world new systems of justice and equality are being born....

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry