Edit: I suppose there is also an outside chance that this is a hoax. Has the death been reported in any newspapers?
Yes fittingly from Ryan Holiday: http://betabeat.com/2014/04/personal-science-pioneer-seth-roberts-passes-away/
But I don't think a normal newspaper would do more fact checking then the people who read Seth's blog and comment on it.
You know the drill - If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
And, while this is an accidental exception, future open threads should start on Mondays until further notice.