Flame Out!

Flame Out! refers, in my understanding, to someone when they are dying, and they actually pass the bar with a euphotic expression. I am not sure if it is desirable or not, however, it seems it should be.  It is certain, it would seem, to have positive association but I cannot put my finger on anything definitive. It happened to someone known to me and who was well connected. Looks like I should be in a profitable position, but it is frustrating not to know what it is. All I sense it with would be a SAC aircraft going down.