1) Awesome!
2) Yes! ... I saw once on facebook, right after either David Bowie died, somebody posted a picture of Dr. Franknfurter captioned, "Just so we're clear: I like Tim Curry while he's still alive." I thought that was good, so I ran with the idea and started remembering influential people we may not have thought of in a while who are still alive and whose death we'll be a little sad to hear about.
3) Probably. No choice of mine. If I had known any way to prevent it I would have. I wouldn't blame the admins either. Probably automatic. I think it posted that way immediately, i.e. not flagged by anyone. If there were a quick and easy way to appeal that decision, I would.