Mr Russell wrote:
I think he's considered quite a good gamesmaster, but the chap knew he would be dead from talking on a forum privately with him during the week.
I definitely see your point, but by the end of the session the rest of the party were able to complete the module and have discovered a way to teleport back to the surface world where they might be able to meet new characters. In the current dungeon they were stuck looking for a way out so there was no way they were going to be able to suddenly find a new person to join them on their quest.
I sorta agree with Lave , If i was running it they would have found a scroll with the level 9 resurrection spell almost at the start / when they search for treasure on the encounter that killed him , along with a 'stone' that would let them communicate with the dead player but only if both sides of the communication were in a welsh accent (*) , and tell them "well you dont have anyone here who can decipher the scroll however I bet there's at least one level 9 character in this area why don't you find them and see what happens"
(*) replace Welsh with any other accent , or give them a table and make them roll dice to see what accent gets through the stone this time.
** Edit I wrote this before Lave's post above - any of his suggestions also sound fine to me