succumbed, died, gave in
Jules César a succombé à la dysenterie.
Julius Caesar succumbed to dysentery.
Il a succombé à un cancer gastrique.
He succumbed to gastric cancer.
— Vivre (1952)
Avait-il succombé ?
Had he succumbed?
Il avait tout de suite succombé à ses charmes.
He had immediately succumbed to her charms.