Keg, mate, you really need to stop being so precious. This is no different to hearing the news through the TV, radio or hearing the scuttlebutt on the flight deck or in a crew room. No name was mentioned, only that this has happened. I'm assuming it is true. Yep, death is sad and distressing, and sad and distressing news spreads rapidly in this interconnected world. That's reality. If it actually encourages people to touch base with friends, say "Hi, was thinking of you, are you ok?", well maybe that's a small positive to come out of a tragedy?
Provided family/close friends don't learn of someone's death via PPrune I really don't see the problem in mentioning this here. If you do see a problem, well you'd better start banning people talking about it at sign-on, or at FL370, Fatties, etc.
This is one of the saddest things I can think of - dying in a slip port hotel. I'll be thinking about this all today....