Why do dead accounts receive lurve?

Out of boredom (which evidently to leads to narcissism) I was reminiscing and looking at my old account’s better answers, and I decided to lurve some of them. Though the account is dead (i.e., I deleted it) its lurve continued to rise until I suspect it reached the maximum amount allowed from a single person for the day/thread/whatever (okay, so maybe I lurved more than ‘some’ of them).

So why do dead Fluther accounts continue to receive lurve? And though we can’t see the external profile of a dead account, should we assume it continues to receive badges or awards?

Just curious.