1.   She died penniless.

2.   Van Gogh died penniless because nobody bought his paintings.

3.   Florence Ballard, an original Supreme, died penniless in a housing project in Detroit.

4.   He died virtually penniless, though his wake was an impressive tribute.

5.   Many have died penniless, even as their records spun on radio stations and jukeboxes and boomed from cover bands in the French Quarter.

6.   The new information included evidence that Fairbanks, who died almost penniless, lost much of the money he had made in the stock market.

7.   Officially, Hutchence died almost penniless when he committed suicide in his Sydney hotel room last November.