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Poor guy. Do all lizards have some sort of venom, or did this guy seek a venomous lizard on purpose without researching its venom and his risks? If it's the latter, then what a dumb move.
I think there are only a couple of species of venomous lizards in the world, and the Gila Monster, native to Mexico and the US southwest, is well known as a staple of childhood "amazing creature" factoids. He knew exactly what he was doing by living with them. I don't think they're as aggressive or as virulent as some venomous snakes, but sad as it is, this falls squarely into "irresponsible verging on Darwin Award" territory.
This isn't really fair, the guy was just unlucky, the vast majority of people could easily get a gila monster and keep it as a pet, and it would be a very good pet.
Their venom is not particularly dangerous, this man was just already unhealthy and so the little bit the venom did did him in.
If the average young healthy person had a pet gila monster, their venom would be absolutely no concern at all unless they're allergic. There's a reason this is the first death in nearly 100 years!