Rav Elya Lopian (Lev Eliyahu Parshas Tzav) says that when Chazal warn us that even on our dying day the Yetzer Hara will not leave us alone they meant it, literally. He relates the following true story.
A respected man with many fine traits was lying on his deathbed. This fine person's only weakness was his desire for money. When it came to money he left his respectability behind.
When his friends came to part with him for the very last time, they saw him whispering something with his last drop of strength. They realized that he was trying to tell them something, so they bent over closely to listen. "I want to tell you something so that you can learn a lesson from me", he said to them. "I feel that I am close to my end and very soon I will leave this world. Despite my plight, if someone were to offer me money now, I would stretch my hand out and take it and put it under my pillow. This is the extent that my desire for money rules over me even now. Listen to me and learn!"
Only fifteen minutes later the man returned his Neshama to his Creator and left the material world, separated from money forever.
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