What does “die off” mean?

to die one after the other until there are none left

How is “die off” used?

In The Grapes of Wrath (1940), one line is: “Old folks died off and little fellas come.”

The clip at the top of this page is from The Grapes of Wrath (1940).

Old folks died off and little fellas come.

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