Death of a Spider

Do you remember our lovely Banana Spider? She died. (we found out she was a girl) I guess they don't live forever. She moved from the tree to the house and then just stopped moving. On Thursday night she wasn't moving and was obviously dead in her own new web. By the next day she was gone. What do you think happened to her? I think a bird must have plucked her right off her web. I am hoping she left behind some eggs for next spring. I liked her.