Well, it's not like we didn't know this was coming. According to the NYT articles I read, though, he was taken off suicide watch a few days before he actually died. Maybe he convinced the psych evaluator(s) that he was "better now"?

There could be an upside to this. The reason they weren't releasing all the names and details was the pending trial. Now that is not a concern. All those famous people could be named in a torrent now, instead of just a few at a time in a slow drip as necessary for the trial. Many more trials are possible much earlier now.