Updating author page with date of death?

[Lark of The Bookwyrm's Hoard]

Just curious -- who has the authority to update an author page with their date of death, since obviously the author can't do it? I'm asking because Joan Hess died this week (11/23/17.) The news got out to her family and author friends, and spread on Facebook; it has now been confirmed by one of her children on her FB page, but there's been no public obituary yet that I know of.

[Emy]

For claimed profiles, only the author or their appointed representative should make those changes.

However, Joan Hess did not claim her profile so I've made the changes, including tense.

[Lark of The Bookwyrm's Hoard]

Thank you.

[lethe]

Emy wrote: "For claimed profiles, only the author or their appointed representative should make those changes."

(For future reference:) If a Goodreads Author dies, only Support can make those changes.

[Emy]

lethe wrote: "Emy wrote: "For claimed profiles, only the author or their appointed representative should make those changes."

(For future reference:) If a Goodreads Author dies, only Support can make those chan..."

Appointed agents who already were responsible for managing an Author's profile may also make such changes.

[lethe]

Goodreads Authors who pass away stop being Goodreads Authors. I don't think someone who is not staff can delete the Goodreads Author status.