At least on my local NPR, the story opened, "Stan Lee has died." I don't think I've ever heard a celebrity death story open that way before... either it opens with a blurb, or there's a blurb immediately after the name. On the one hand, I wonder if they thought it worked better after the opening sentence in this case, on the other hand, I wonder if it's a product of some intern writing the joke obituary, "Stan Lee has died - 'nuff said."