The most fortunate, in his view, are those who die heroically for a principle.
Going into the Blight seems to be a traditional way to die heroically.
A man wanted to die heroically, with someone standing by to take down his final words.
In fact, to die heroically in battle is their ultimate goal.
It might console you to know that he died heroically, in the best of causes.
And tell my son that his father died heroically!
There he died heroically, the last man to fall.
"You know he died heroically in Mexico in 1863," she said.
He died heroically, trying to save a young girl who had been swept out to sea while swimming with her family.
If it is a matter of dishonor we may still die heroically.