How did Paul de Man’s death and J. Hillis Miller’s departure affect the Yale school?

The death of Paul de Man in 1983 and the departure of J. Hillis Miller from Yale University in 1986 marked the eclipse of the Yale school.1

These two figures were the most prominent members of the group, which became widely known for popularizing deconstruction in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. Their exit signaled the decline of the school's influence as a cohesive critical movement. The reputation of the group was further impacted in the late 1980s by the revelation that de Man had published anti-Semitic articles during World War II.12