Answer:
He passed away.
Discussion:
The potter replied, “Madam, Please calm down. That poor old man was sick since last month. He wasn’t able to earn enough to even have a single meal of the day. He was on the way to deliver your stuff, but he who was hungry, sick, couldn’t gather the strength to go any further in this heat of the noon. He fell down and while handing me $15, his last words were, “I had taken an advance for this delivery, you take this and please deliver to this address.”