"... And Died!"
So I was just reading Nerilka's Story by Anne McCaffery. One of the main characters described the tragic death of another main character as follows: "They went between . And died!"
That took me completely out of the book and I couldn't help chuckling despite the tragic scene. It reminded me of the father's stories, i.e. "She saw something new. And died!"
No explanation of how or why, just, they died!