The fuck?! The guy was 99 years old! Seriously? Did you happen to ride the short bus to school?
The point is (which you probably wouldn't get if it hit you smack in the face!), he was a pretty good candidate for death from "old age!" Get it?!
You could probably make that statement no matter when someone died, depending on your POV. I follow Occam's Razor, which in essence says, the simplest explanation is usually the most likely one, i.e., not EVERYTHING is a conspiracy. Old people die everyday! Is that odd timing?