Died/passed… any preference?

I notice more and more in U.K. that it is common to say that someone has passed. I prefer to say that someone has died but I would not seek to comment on the language of death. Just an observation! I think it crept in from US but could also be a sign of the times and perhaps people are increasingly uncomfortable with the notion of death? I hope it doesn’t happen anytime soon but I will die, not pass.

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DunningKruger · 61-69, M

In journalism, the rule I learned was that you didn't use any sort of euphemism for death. You just said that someone had died. Of course, I see a lot of variance from that.