Seriously, how sad for the family.
Most cruises are completed without an onboard death.
I was on a celebrity cruise about 6 years ago for work.
I guy (50s I think) was on his honeymoon. He got hammered and got in a fight with the bride. He stood on the rail next to the bridge (naked) until someone saw him and jumped. This was around 1am.
I was getting a snack after gambling when it happened. It took at least 30 minutes to come about.
It was interesting. They dropped a flashing buoy when he jumped. The spotlights were so bright that from 1/2 mile away his head reflected red (from blood under his skin) like a tail light.
Anyway, they sent a skiff out to get him and all of a sudden it starts floating away from him - we were still far away so hard to see what happened.
20 minutes later they sent another and came back with a passed out naked man.
The story from the crew in the bridge was that he punched someone in the first boat and broke his nose. The second boat came out with a doctor and a tranquilizer gun.
He spent the night in ship jail and was let off in Honduras to make his way home.
What is really interesting is that there used to be YouTube videos. They appear to have been scrubbed.