Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: She had been ill with breast cancer for several years before she died in her sleep at her home in Carry-le-Rouet , Bouches-du-Rh Ã ne on April 21 , 2003 .
Simplified: She was ill with breast cancer for several years . She died in her sleep at her home in Carry-le-Rouet , Bouches-du-Rh Ã ne on April 21 , 2003 .