A house on our street is a very nice one - in excellent condition. The owner, A Pearl Harbor vet, died peacefully at home in his 90's. His partner stayed on by herself, but eventually couldn't manage and went into care.
The house sold very quickly, but was back on the market a few days later and was bought by an out-of-town buyer who hadn't jumped in quickly enough when it was first advertised.
When I talked to her as I was passing with our dogs, she said the original buyer was Islamic and bailed out of the deal when he found someone had died there. He claimed that it's against their religious beliefs to purchase a house where a death has occurred on the premises.