Is the credit card holder estate responsible for charges made to the card after the holder dies?

Were these Charges MADE after the Death of the Card Holder? - if Not - then the answer is NO -- NO -- NO ....Why then do most trustors pay off?

Its a step in "wrapping Up" someones affairs - the paying off of Credit Cards and other debts - The "good old soul.. his Word was his bond would have wanted it that way! Lets get it clear - Credit Card charges made by a decedent - ARE not subject to repayment if that person cannot by the fact of their death - pay that bill in person by check or moneyorder. The estate has no obligation to pay off credit card charges, only the living person who made those purchases & charges is responsible.

Think of it this way - if your relative shot somebody, and then died - would you have to go prison for them? That's not logical! Inheritors of estates large & small are entitled to suffer their loss without private or public harrassment from bill collectors!