Put back in control over situation, died (10)
I believe the answer is:
reinstated
'put back in' is the definition.
(to reinstate something is to bring it back)
'control over situation died' is the wordplay.
'control' becomes 'rein' (reining is a kind of controlling).
'over' says to put letters next to each other.
'situation' becomes 'state' (I've seen this in other clues).
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'rein'+'state'+'d'='REINSTATED'
(Other definitions for reinstated that I've seen before include "restored" , "being put back" , "brought back" , "Got back to work" .)