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The phrase "afterwards died" is not correct in standard written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone passed away after a certain event or time, but the word "afterwards" is typically used in a different context.
Example: "He was treated for his illness, but he afterwards died from complications."
Alternatives: "subsequently passed away" or "later died."
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She went home, took to her bed, and soon afterwards died.
She chose the latter and, shortly afterwards, died from substance abuse.
Whitley arrived in time to get out his wife alive, but she afterwards died".
A second patient with adenocarcinoma of the lung received one cycle of SP1049C at 70 mg m−2 and 4 days afterwards died of progressive disease.
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Fela was beaten close to death, and his elderly mother thrown from an upstairs window, afterwards dying of her injuries.
He returned shortly afterwards and died a few hours later.
Soon afterwards, Gabriel died from prostate cancer.
Shortly afterwards, she died surrounded by her family.
Stepan Bandera collapsed soon afterwards and died of what doctors at first believed was heart failure.
She had had a jab that day, and shortly afterwards she died.
A 12th victim, Ronnie Hill, a school principal, spent 13 years in a coma afterwards and died in 2000 aged 68.
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