I agree with you COMPLETELY! I think he really did pass away, and I agree that his "family" is behaving in a contemptuous way. They seem more concerned with making profit from his forthcoming books than with being humble and honest and direct. I find this to be extremely creepy!
Have you checked out the Ener-Chi page and what they are doing? (Too bad you can't also see the postings that they deleted!!!! That really shows where they are coming from, besides the flow of excerpts with no statement about what happened!)