I, too, was killed before... merely for trying to get Seigheart ressurrected. But as you can see, I was revived after a while and went on playing as if nothing had happened.
Death in this case is not permanent as you seem to be suggesting... but you do need to take some action yourself in order to be revived, and by that I do not mean paying someone to revive you. You have to attract attention and get people to care about you.
I can tell you that, if it were up to me, you would not have the avatars removed. There is action that you can take but you are not doing that. This is not about money, as you seem to think-- it is about roleplay that you are not participating in.