I know. The blog post examples are about Italian writers, not about corona victims. It's a homage if anything. Stop being insulted on behalf of other people, there's no harm being done here.
Take you own advice and let the author respond, then, rather than being insulted on his behalf.
The article example is about Umberto Eco. He's dead. Corona didn't kill him. Get over it.
The issue they brought up has to do with an entirely superficial part of the article. This is a vanishingly small hill to die on.