Clue: Priest from South Africa died all right (5)
Answer: ZADOK
Explanation: Priest from South Africa died all right (5)
**ZA** (international car registration letters for "South Africa") + **D**(ied) + **OK** ("all right") 
*Zadok was on Old Testament priest, and "Zadok the Priest" was an anthem written by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727.