I'm kind of hesitant to post, but I'm with Tilt on this one. I think it's safe to say that the game, or rather the community, means more to me than I mean to HT. As such, asking HT to go out of his way to memorialize my friends is a bit much, IMO, but something done by players (the OZkansas map is the most fitting [hell, only] example of this I've seen) who wish to remember their friend seems much more practical, reasonable, and logical.
I know some of you know HT and company personally, and that's great, but many of us, like myself, are just an icon of some sort and an account number, and I would feel uncomfortable were someone close to me to ask this of them upon my passing. I love the community, and some of these guys are my real life friends, but for me at least, AH is not how I want to be remembered, nor what I want to be remembered for. If you really miss them, or they really meant something to you, do something tangible. I just don't think it's a good thing to do this in a game, sorry if this offends anyone.