You know what.. your both absolutely right, I had mixed feelings when I posted this one originally and you've made me think on it a bit more. My main issue with Bear is imho he takes unnecessary risks and gives out potentially bad/dangerous advice sometimes under the name of survival - that I find frustrating but there isn't enough information in this case to suggest Bear Grylls is in anyway linked to this poor chaps death - obviously even if he did inspire him that doesn't make Bear responsible.
I posted the news-headline as the thread title, but now I regret it because the media like to sensationalise their headlines (for money), I'll leave the link up but change the title.