Because dead men may not tell tales, but at Comcast, they continue to get paid. As Chris over at AmericaBlog notes:

The family of Comcast founder Roberts will continue to receive his salary ($1.8 million/year) for five years after he dies. They already sit on the board of directors but that is just not enough. His wife will receive health and “welfare” benefits for life. Hmmm, I somehow can’t recall my mother receiving anything like that after my father died. Like millions of Americans, she had to find her own insurance since the old plan was canceled after my father died. She also lost his pension money, like many American spouses.

Tell me again why this company is coddled?

Because they’re “Comcastic?”