I think we're on different pages here. The story you reference is about an adult who got murdered, I don't see anything about young children he left behind who will need to be raised and supported for the next 10-20 years.
I am suggesting that NL's family *needs* support. I am not suggesting that people just give money to the family instead of flowers or favorite charity donation (which in fact, has been requested by the family.. which I find distasteful, personally!). I guess I'm old fashioned, but if people want to send flowers or donation to a charity (usually the deceased's favorite charity, or the family's, or whatever organization could benefit in relation to how a person dies), that is one thing... and then there is a completely separate fund-raising thing to raise funds in support of the family members left behind, who need the money because a main breadwinner is now gone. Not a fundraiser just based on sympathy, but on actual need.