Failure to implement an online post-death plan could mean things like valuable web addresses, treasured photos and even access to online bank accounts may all be lost for good, experts say.
The problem is so common that the Uniform Law Commission, the group that recommends uniform state laws, is working on a recommended statute that states could adopt to deal with post-death access to digital assets.
And it is possible that this will mean the expansion dies a conventional post-war death after all.
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An inquest into his death heard a post-mortem examination had yet to establish a cause of death.
Complications include hysterectomy, post-natal depression and even death.
The post-mortem examination gave cause of death as a single stab wound to the heart.
An inquest into his death opened in Plymouth last week where coroner Andrew Cox recorded drowning as the provisional cause of death following a post-mortem examination.
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Police said a post-mortem examination found the cause of death was a stab wound to the torso.
Thames Valley Police said the post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be a bleed on the brain.
The post-mortem examination confirmed the cause of death as "blunt force trauma", said police who discovered the remains in a brick outbuilding.
The inquest was told the post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as alcohol toxicity and the singer probably suffered a respiratory arrest.
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan coroner Dr Lawrence Addicott decided against an inquest after a post-mortem examination because Dr Williams' death was natural causes.
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The prosecution said the broken bones were said to have taken place between 24 hours and six weeks before death, while a post-mortem examination found she died of bronchopneumonia.
Police are not treating the death as suspicious, although post-mortem tests proved inconclusive.
The cause of Mr Brockhurst's death remained unknown and a post-mortem examination will take place early next week, police added.
The broken bones were said to have taken place between 24 hours and six weeks before her death, however, the post-mortem examination found she died of bronchopneumonia.
But a quick death would set a pleasing post-Lehman precedent.
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Results of a post-mortem examination to establish the cause of her death are due later.
Ms McConnell added that post-mortem examinations had been conducted and cause of death was awaited, as were toxicology results.
Post-mortem tests in India gave the cause of death as asphyxia due to vomiting, but a second autopsy in the UK failed to ascertain the cause.
Cleveland Police said a post-mortem examination found she died of choking and the death was not suspicious.
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Mr Coates' family originally thought his death had been an accident before a post-mortem examination revealed serious head injuries.
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Bear keeper Heiner Kloes said the cause of death was not known, and a post-mortem examination would be held.
Police said a post-mortem examination had not found any obvious cause of death and further tests would be held.
Coroner Roger Whittaker said a report from a post-mortem examination on Ms Blamires showed her cause of death was "severe injuries caused by a crossbow".
Their post-arrest statements are among the strongest evidence prosecutors presented against al-'Owhali, who could face the death penalty, and Odeh, who could face life in prison.
Further details of the circumstances leading up to Ms Collins' death are unlikely to emerge before a post-mortem is conducted, and this is expected to be on Monday.
Det Insp Hannah Willard said the death was being treated as unexplained until a post-mortem examination established the cause.
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