Simplify the following text for a Grade 4 native English-speaking person.
Original: In the final years of her life , she had been progressively swindled out of her earnings , and she died with $ 0.70 in the bank and $ 750 ( a tabloid fee ) on her person .
Simplified: In the last years of her life , she had gradually lost her earnings , and she died with $ 0.70 in the bank and $ 750 in cash .