Donda West: respect and speculation

As someone testily points out in the comments on the original story about the death of Donda West, the reports on her death this morning make no mention that her death came during a medical procedure; however, they did last night.

The confusion seems to have arisen due to the way the story has come out. The Associated Press story captures just watch a botch this was:

Donda West died Saturday night in Los Angeles, said the spokesman, who asked for anonymity because not all family members had been notified.

Can you simultaneously be anonymous and a spokesperson? And if you know that you shouldn't be talking about something because family members are still in the dark, does not revealing who you are make your position more or less untenable?