applyied behavioral analytics. A type of therapy used primarily for individuals with disabilities that relies on reward systems heavily. ABA though, to me shouldnt be controversial because of it using gamification but because of the specific behaviors often targeted with the interventions. Positive behaviorism is pretty much the standard in education even outside of this therapy and outside special education.

I kinda read the phrasing as there is no more news about him that would be relevant without a more specific query not is he alive again.

I’d more think it’s saying “he wasn’t posthumously given another Grammy this year that I know about”