Danish cartoon editor

It has been reported in Saudi newspapers that the editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten died in a fire a couple weeks ago. It's odd, some shariah lawmakers ruled, in a private case against him, that he should be given the death sentence. Also, he (and the 12 cartoonists) received numerous death threats for their animated ridicule of Islam's holiest figure, Prophet Muhammed.

The problem here: no major news outlets have covered the story. So the question then becomes "did it really happen?" Bloggers (well, one blogger) has posted on it, which is how I found it. Most of the people who told me about it received an email about it, saying the cartoonist died (which, incidentally, is wrong because as it was reported, the editor died, not the cartoonists). But nothing on the BBC, CNN, ABC or New York Times even hints at the event.

I have heard some rationale about the reason for this: Muslims may get rowdy all over again, it is disrespectful, it simply isn't news, etc. But at the end of the day - isn't it newsworthy? Noting that a story that made headlines for weeks has taken a new turn is worthy at least of an honorable mention...