New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What to do when a loner family member dies and their life was online?

Ask HN: What to do when a loner family member dies and their life was online?
8 by nullfield | 2 comments on Hacker News.
My brother-in-law was recently found deceased after a wellness check (cause still undetermined). He was known for mostly engaging with people online, where we obviously don’t know who his virtual friends were. As far as we know, especially, he was playing (still) EverQuest, though this might be wrong. Is there anything at all to be done, given that (one assumes) people he interacted with probably wouldn’t have known real names, etc.? Empathy, and seeing how others disappearing for a bit (and being fine) has affected real friends makes me feel awful for those who knew him, who will just see him …vanish. I don’t yet know if anyone has access to his computers and such-quite a lot is still up in the air.