Quite agree, people want to know - is it someone I know and/or is it an aircraft or type I fly, and this is not necessarilly for morbid reasons, People also want an indication if possible of what happened so they can avoid it themselves - a bit of wishful thinking maybe there, but you live in hope!
There is normally also a lot of sympathy going out for those more closely involved and certainly here my thoughts and condolences go out to the relatives.