The cause of @Gabe Hudson’s death was not suicide, as “obituary pirates” had framed it in fake news items. Turns out he died of complications from diabetes and kidney disease. Either way, he’s still gone, and I’m sad. But shame on those damned obituary …"

latimes.com

Author Gabe Hudson’s cause of death revealed

Author Gabe Hudson died on Nov. 23 from complications from diabetes, according to his death certificate. He wrote the 2002 collection “Dear Mr. President” and a 2017 novel “Gork, the Teenage Dragon.”