His heart hadn't died it just couldn't hold him up on its own.

"Cross your heart and hope to die you'll never tell?"

"Cross your heart and hope to die if you tell?"

At this proof of his power the king's heart died within him.

And my heart died a little inside me, though I did not completely understand why.

"If you were less skilled with blades, my heart would have died within me that day."

Believe me, it hurts my heart to watch women and children die.

They looked at one another, and their hearts died within them.

If anything happened to him, her heart would wither and die.

His heart died at a little past six this evening.