I might be drawing too much from one specific example (although there aren't many examples to draw from in this case) but it smacks of ...something, that the passing of a female leader in the tech industry seems to draw a lot more ire than others, and also doesn't meet the standards for a black bar at the time of this comment (unless I missed it).

Perhaps not as much of a 'technical' contributor to tech world, but one of the largest companies in the world started in her garage, she was an early employee and served in senior leadership for decades.