Did God Die on the Cross?

When Jesus died on the cross, Jesus died. Jesus is both God and man. Therefore, when Jesus died on the cross that means God died on the cross. But we do need to be careful because it is nuanced. When we say that Mary gave birth to Jesus and therefore she is the mother of God we are not saying that God began at that moment of birth. In a similar way, when we say that God died on the cross we mean that Jesus died on the cross but not that divinity somehow died on the cross.