Notable Figures Who Died in 2025

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died on April 21 at age 88.

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on September 10 at age 31.

Virginia Giuffre, a trafficking victim and advocate, died by suicide on April 25 at age 41.

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman died on February 18 at age 95.

Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22 at age 76.

Boxing great George Foreman died on March 21 at age 76.

Former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney died on November 3 at age 84.

Conservationist Jane Goodall died on October 1 at age 91.

Fashion designer Giorgio Armani died on September 4 at age 91.

Actor Claudia Cardinale died on September 23 at age 87.

Actor Diane Keaton died on October 11 at age 79.

Actor Diane Ladd died on November 3 at age 89.

R&B singer D’Angelo died on October 14 at age 51.

Kenyan politician Raila Odinga died on October 15 at age 80.

Musician Ace Frehley died on October 16 at age 74.

Broadcaster Susan Stamberg died on October 16 at age 87.

Mountain guide Kanchha Sherpa died on October 16 at age 92.

Former Japanese PM Tomiichi Murayama died on October 17 at age 101.

Physicist Chen Ning Yang died on October 18 at age 103.

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died on October 20 at age 29.

Actor June Lockhart died on October 23 at age 100.

Thai royal Queen Mother Sirikit died on October 24 at age 93.

NFL center Nick Mangold died on October 25 at age 41.

Actor Prunella Scales died on October 27 at age 93.

First woman governor of Kentucky Martha Layne Collins died on November 1 at age 88.

Lawyer Stanley Chesley died on November 2 at age 89.

Mass murderer George Banks died on November 2 at age 83.

Scientist James D. Watson died on November 6 at age 97.

Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue died on November 9 at age 84.

Actor Sally Kirkland died on November 11 at age 84.

Former Philippine defense chief Juan Ponce Enrile died on November 13 at age 101.

Singer-songwriter Todd Snider died on November 14 at age 59.

Black Power leader H. Rap Brown died on November 23 at age 82.

Bollywood star Dharmendra died on November 24 at age 89.

Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff died on November 24 at age 81.

Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher died on November 24 at age 111.

Golf champion Fuzzy Zoeller died on November 27 at age 74.

Playwright Tom Stoppard died on November 29 at age 88.

D-Day veteran Charles Shay died on December 3 at age 101.

Guitarist and songwriter Steve Cropper died on December 3 at age 84.

Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa died on December 4 at age 75.

Architect Frank Gehry died on December 5 at age 96.

Salsa musician Rafael Ithier died on December 6 at age 99.

Mavericks frontman Raul Malo died on December 8 at age 60.

Former U.S. education secretary Rod Paige died on December 9 at age 92.

Author Sophie Kinsella died on December 10 at age 55.