"Passed" short for "passed away". Nobody on TV every says "died" anymore. Notice that even Mr. Hicks, the Benghazi witness, said the ambassador "passed" rather than coming right out with it and saying "died".
Death is horrible and terrible. Millenniums of usage have tied some of the horror and terror of death to the word "died". To avoid using the proper word is to smooth over the death, to make it seem of little importance. Something that weasels do.
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