Stranger things have happened. What surprises me is that his caretakes even told him. They could have turned the TV on to DVRed programming and given him old newspapers if he wanted to read them. there was no reason to upset the old coot.
It's not that I'm terribly saddened by his passing. I just would have expected whommever was taking care of him to care about him more.
Then again, maybe they did protect him and a literal stiff wind took him out.