you know - i was reading last night, and 8 of pents came up for me, so i HAD to check out Tarot made Easy, and I see what you are saying. there is a reference to possible sudden or surprising death in the Unexpected section. (or a new relationship, was it?). It was wide open.
The thing about Tarot Made Easy tho - is that not all of the possible meanings are applicable in every reading. I tend to use the book for a general feeling - soemtimes specific stuff does actually happen exactly as the book suggests, but look at it all holistically.
to me personally - the only card i've ever had that came up as a possible indicator of death was the 3 of swords. But that's from reading intuitively, not from any book. And death was jsut one of a great variety of tragedies, i've attributed to it in the past. I have a hard time reading that card for others.