my hermie died...need answers

My hermie, Delcambre, died a few days ago. He last moved on Saturday, Feb. 19. He had successfully molted one claw and I saw that the other had started to molt, but then he just stopped moving. We had him for almost two years...he had one successful molt exactly 10 months ago. Besides being very sad, I am questioning, of course, what went wrong. When I pulled him from his shell today I thought his "tail" was very swollen. Then again, I have never seen his tail so maybe this was normal. He has a fishy smell, but why isn't he stiff if he is dead? Thanks :'(

You pulled him out of his shell? Im no expurt on hermit crabs but im sure they come out of the shell them selves when they die, I work with the kepper on theses little guys so I will ask her next time I am there.

Was it easy or hard to extract him from the shell?