Yes, I have saw this on said list. I'm seeing that most people want it back.
Have you ever concerdered having rotated armor stands, and some sort of redstone clock, constantly checking to see if a player has a death score (or any score) of one, and if successful it sets off a comparator witch spawns said rotated armor stands were the player died at?
Everyone has a death score of 0
When a player dies, they get a death score of 1
Redstone clock keeps checking for the death score of 1
If successful it sets off a comparator, witch powers a command block
In the command block is a summon command
witch puts the armor stand were the player died at
More strings (commands) can be set off. Hopefully copying the player's armor, and maybe weapon on to the armor stand. If guns get copied on to the armor stands, maybe you can allow players to actually take the gun out of its hand. If not let it float as it would back in 1.7
Don't forget, the bones may still appear, so probably want to have something delete those specific items