die off
verb
- become dead (as a group), bit by bit
Wiktionary
verb
- To suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, the entire group dies over a period of time.)
- To become defunct or nonexistent.
“The student guitar club died off after a few years.”
- Of music, noise, etc., to reduce in volume until no longer audible.