It sucks for his family of course, but at this point its really reaching to fit into the "fuck 2016" motive. This is a guy that had limited association with a group who would later be famous, but at a time when they had zero relevance. And it can be argued that nothing he did really mattered in the long haul...it was Brian Epstein who started their rise. This is a guy who is only known to a select few of people who are obsessed about all aspects of The Beatles' careers, even with the minor stuff of minor importance.
Basically, he's not really a celebrity and he's a footnote in the career of others. Yes, his death is of course important to those around him, and it must be a hard time for his loved ones, but if we're going to give him a celebrity death treatment, on a drumming forum, then we're gonna have to post about a bunch of random people every day.
It'd be like if Ron McGovney died and it was posted here on drummerworld. Its pretty much the same Seven Degree of Bacon relevance.