Dying in a dream rarely predicts anything literal -- it far more often marks the end of a chapter, a relationship, or an identity you're outgrowing, with all the fear that can come from letting go of something familiar. What dies in the dream is usually a clue to what's actually ending in waking life.
Heaven is the instrument of the most High God, whereby he acts upon, and governs inferior things. - Cardan Girolamo (1501-1576)