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I know that usually, when you talk about someone dying, you say, 'なくなりました' to
be polite and, '死にました' to literally just say they died.

So, I was wondering if you could use 死にました for things other than people, such
as for animals or plants as なくなりました would probably sound a bit strange?
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Can you use '死にました' for things other than people?
So, long story short is that you _can_ say that, but it may sound [a little
unnatural](https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/1045363).

The post above references using なくなる, but it does give relevant answers to
your question:

For plants: 「枯れる」 - "to wither", for animals: 「死んでしまう」 - "to die/pass away",
for people: 「死んでしまう／亡くなる」 - "to die/pass away".
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