Grim Reaper not appearing when...

Grim Reaper no longer appears when the Sim dying is not in the active household.

I was experimenting in a separate save file by giving Vladislaus the maximum power of altering emotions. He made the surrounding Sims hysterical, and then all of the sudden Dina Caliente turned into an urn without Grim Reaper appearing in the lot! I tried killing a Sim in active household, and Grim Reaper appeared as normal.

This wasn't the case months ago, so I believe this is another bug caused by a recent update/patch. I hope EA would do something about this.