Use of modal verbs in narration

I often come across the following usage of modal verbs in novels: "But Turing would die before completing and publishing his final musings". Why not simple past like "But Turing died before completing and publishing his final musings."? What is the name for this construction?

Edit: I realized that I have chosen not the right example. A better one is: "Every morning he would make himself a coffee."

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/would lists the numerous uses of 'would'. The first one (to refer to future time from the point of view of the past) fits the quotation about Turing. The one listed under 'Frequency' fits the other quotation 'He would make a coffee...'