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That's nice and everything, but I'm really not interested in Tom Sepper's opinion on proper etiquette. I'm just curious about what happened, thanks.

That is pretty private information, and up to his family if they want to get into medical details. The important point is that it sucks, not the reason for it. Thanks, Ben

Agreed here. While it would satisfy the curiosity of people, it is not really all that relevant how he died, just that he is now dead.

There are rumors, but there's no point talking about them because there's no facts behind them. You may as well say he was killed fighting a dropbear.

Another suicide?

Given 28 and male it is equally likely he died of road fatality, suicide, poisoning or a violent act. They are all pretty close and then it just drops off to very rare stuff. So it is probably not wise to speculate at all.

Drug overdose.

Depending on intent, the CDC will classify that as either poisoning or suicide.