Umm....yeah. If my buddy died I wouldn't take the task of going to the online forums that he posted at and telling the people online that he is dead. Not only is that a tad bit too personal, but it seems kind of weird and unnecessary. Especially if the guy who died only had a few posts. I call BS, but I can understand the responses. Not that it matters, because that thread is old old old.....
Edit: I probably would have just changed his title to "dead" and banned him.
Don't want no dead guys posting on your forum. That seems kind of barbaric, or godless.