The story would not die of neglect, as I had hoped.

The story would mushroom for a while and then die.

He did, they all denied it, and the story basically died.

Without her, the story would have died long ago.

If the President had told the truth immediately, the story would have died.

But the story won't die, at least in the South.

"We just want this story to die so people don't keep talking about it."

If those two reporters hadn't had a source, the story would have died before going anywhere.

The stories, though, like hope itself, simply would not die.

And a good story never dies; it is always passed down.