He was left an 'orphan' [=he became an orphan] when his parents died in a car accident.
The second volume of the two-volume set 'was orphaned' when we lost the first volume.
He 'was orphaned' as a young boy when his parents died in a car accident.
(..) You never left that tower. No...yes. It's complicated. So, Eugene Fitzherbert, huh? Ah yeah, well. I'll spare you the sob story of poor orphan Eugene Fitzherbert, it's a little bit of a... It's a little bit of a downer. There was this book. A book I used to read every night to all the younger kids. (..)2010 Tangled