The account currently shows as Activated.
Yes, and I used that, but Deceased should be a valid default option, and would allow more appropriate treatment of the account automatically.
Unfortunately, this change does not seem possible unless the email is verified - at least when I tried to make the change it immediately told me the user would have to respond to the email. So that would seem to imply it would have to be a valid email at least long enough to make the change.