I read this news today and was certainly a little surprised, but not much. Immediately it is obvious that he did not die. Everything was clearly planned long ago:
1) All coins are on cold media.

2) Only he had the password

3) Sudden death

Everything is obvious
Not really. But the fractional banking accusations are true. Follow the money trail, we have a transparent ledger for a purpose.
Precise report at
https://blog.zerononcense.com/2019/02/04/quadrigacx-chain-analysis-report-pt-1-bitcoin-wallets
Regarding his Death, this might be true or not, who knows. If there is no money left to make a run with he just really might be dead. Fractional banking even opens up a remote possibility of having gotten killed.