And then, nobody need to have a quieter death nor he had.

Its true meaning is simply a gentle, quiet, good death, usually just a matter of luck.

President Bush opposes the bill, as he has for the past three years, and is trying to let the measure die a quiet death.

"The public debate gave life to proposals that would have died a quiet death in a back room at the last minute."

Usually a show that gets killed out of town dies a quiet death, never to be seen or heard from again.

Then he figured that it had gone to a quiet death.

I can't believe he won't let it die a quiet death.

Some other bills drawn up for special interests died a quiet death.

It did not light any new fires for Nicholson and died a quiet death.

Or perhaps a quiet death for all of them would be kinder.