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If a Tier I member had at least 10 years of Total Service Credit at the time of death, but was no longer in active service and was not yet eligible for a service retirement under the Qualified Pension Plan (QPP), the death benefit payable would equal the following: one half the amount of the ordinary death benefit that would have been payable had the member died on the last day that service was performed. If the member's TRS membership had ceased during the separation from service, interest on his/her QPP account balances stopped accruing interest as of the date the membership ceased.