Not going to link to the article, but there was an in-game funeral procession that happened in WoW in which everyone participating got killed by the other side.
We never had this on our server in DAOC. Sad.
I don't, nor will I ever, attend a funeral on a game.
It's the internet, crazy things happen.. You never know whats true or not

I think it really depends on the community. We had obits, funeral stuff, and other proof from "real life" that these people had indeed passed away. If they went through all that trouble just to have someone throw them an online funeral... well, more power to them. But, with the community we had, I very seriously doubt that was the case. Especially the last one I attended which was a mother of 2 little girls who was killed in a car accident right before Christmas. I'm not saying there aren't sick people out there who would make that up, but I just serious doubt this was. (Like I said, especially with her RL friend posting her obit and such.)