I think it's because she is important for some of the folks here and they'd like to know about it. From the number of points & comments, I don't think it's real

I think it's because she is important for some of the folks here and they'd like to know about it. From the number of points & comments, I don't think it's really off-topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Besides, I also found out about Queen Elizabeth's passing last year by reading it on HN.