I'd rather find out through FB as well. When my friend passed in February we were all posting updates via FB as some people were in CA with her at the hospital. It made us all feel closer to her. Three weeks ago a FB friend of mine posted the picture below. I commented that it was cute and that she is my friends wife. She commented back "you know she died yesterday right?" Well no, I didn't know, and while it came as a shock, I felt better knowing since my friend was in critical condition and it helped us to rally the troops to support him