God is the only one who determines who lives and who dies and when. As to his reasons for doing so with different individuals, he just doesn’t give us his reasons.
We can be thankful to God for keeping us safe for another day of life, like God did with this guy, and for others who are saved, but now gone, they are doing very well in Christ right now.
The very unfortunate ones are those who were unsaved and then died. Their fate is sealed.
That’s a good reason for all to accept the Salvation that God has provided through his Son, Jesus, the Messiah of Israel — and to do so NOW!
Who is the god of this world?