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You can have FB set the page as a memorial, and I believe that also gives you the option to disable all those types of notifications.

That's a very real issue indeed. Sorry for your loss.

But I think the right solution here would be for Facebook to have a way of handling deceased people, not giving your password to everyone in case of sudden death.

They do. If someone contacts Facebook and let's them know that a person has died (with some sort of verification), they will memorialize the account.

https://www.facebook.com/help/103897939701143

If facebook doesn't want to delete his account, why don't you unfriend him?

Would you?

You can have the account memorialized (and/or removed): https://www.facebook.com/help/150486848354038