Miss Almira Gulch rightly was wary for having been bitten by Dorothy Gale's pet dog Toto in the beloved 1939 film version of 'The Wizard of Oz'. The verb 'hate' is emotional. It isn't fair to use...
She died. She had heart problems and needed medication for this. Mr and Mrs Rogers withheld this medication which led to her death and therefore their inheritance of vast amounts of money.