Strangely Timed Death

I attend a large state university in the U.S, and in the summer of 2011 enrolled in a political science course. The professor gave me the opportunity to assist him in a research project regarding local history and politics. While scanning through the library's online catalog of holdings in my area of interest, I came across a poverty book authored by a man with an rather uncommon last name; the same uncommon last name as a friend of mine in high school. I remembered my friend telling me that his grandfather was a retired professor of social work at my university, and I immediately realized that this book in the catalog had been written by him. Feeling that this would give my friend a kick, knowing I had coincidentally stumbled upon his grandfather's work, I sent him a message via Facebook telling him what had happened. As it turned out, he was presently mourning the death of that same grandfather, who had passed away on either the same day, or the day right before or after I had been doing the research and found the book. It was all quite odd, especially considering that his grandfather's book really didn't have much to do with what I was researching but appeared on my search anyway.