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One passed on from rich landed gentry, finally (8)

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I believe the answer is:

fatality

'one passed on' is the definition.
(someone who has died)

'rich landed gentry finally' is the wordplay.
'rich' becomes 'fat' (synonyms).
'landed' becomes 'alit' (alight can mean to land).
'finally' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'gentry' is 'y'.
'fat'+'alit'+'y'='FATALITY'

'from' is the link.

(Another definition for fatality that I've seen is " Death".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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