Death during the holidays usually seems appropriate for some reason. People are stressed anyway, there is no need for additional travel plans bc you are with your family anyway. My grandmother died on christmas when my hair was died with kool-aide and I had my tongue pierced. It was pretty fitting. I hope that todays deaths, Robert Altman and Pierre Gemayel are fitting as well. I am not sure if an assassination can ever be fitting though, even during the holidays.