On the other hand, Kobe's is an uncomfortable death.
He's young and healthy. Wealthy. Capable. So it's weird for that reason.
He got a lot of hate from a lot of people, and speaking ill of the dead is widely denigrated (except for a select few actual villains). But some people still didn't like him, so it's uncomfortable in that way.
Plus celebrity deaths tend to be a big deal. And some people really loved Kobe.
So it's unexpected and uncomfortable. And people are going to process it in a wide variety of ways.