Died unfortunately, any time it could blow up (8)
I believe the answer is:
dynamite
'blow up' is the definition.
(dynamiting is a kind of blowing up)
'died unfortunately any time' is the wordplay.
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'unfortunately' indicates an anagram (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'any'+'time'='anytime'
'anytime' anagrammed gives 'ynamite'.
'd'+'ynamite'='DYNAMITE'
'it could' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dynamite that I've seen before include "Jelly" , "Explosive compound" , "Fantastic" , "might one be blown away by it?" , "Dainty me could be explosive" .)