Deaths in 2025
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The following is a list of notable deaths that happened in the year 2025. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by their last name, or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are also noted here, if they are worth noting.
Criteria
[change | change source]Every entry is backed by a source. Proper citations are used and no bare URLs so as to prevent link rot. The following are the requirements for adding a name to the list in its order: Name, age, origin, what the person is known for, his or her cause of death – if known – and a source for verification.
December
[change | change source]31
[change | change source]- Candy Raymond, 75, Australian actress (Don's Party, The Plumber, Money Movers).[1] (death announced on this date)
30
[change | change source]- Khaleda Zia, 80, Bangladeshi politician, prime minister (1991–1996, 2001–2006), first lady (1977–1981), and three-time MP.[2]
- Albert Hall, 88, American actor.
- Bobby Joe Conrad, 90, American football player.
- Willy Claes, 87, Belgian conductor and politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO.
29
[change | change source]28
[change | change source]- Brigitte Bardot, French actress,91[3][4]
- Pablo Moret, 92, Argentine actor (Responsibility, The Bitter Stems, El Asalto).[5]
- Hugh Morris, 62, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan, England national team).[6] (death announced on this date)
27
[change | change source]- Allwell Ademola, 43, Nigerian actress (Tiwa's Baggage, My Mirror), screenwriter and film director.[7]
- Daoud Abdel Sayed, 79, Egyptian film director (The Kit Kat, Land of Dreams, Messages from the Sea) and screenwriter.[8]
- Garrick Tremain, 84, New Zealand cartoonist.[9]
26
[change | change source]- Perry Bamonte, 65, English Hall of Fame rock musician (The Cure, Love Amongst Ruin).[10] (death announced on this date)
- Bahram Beyzai, 87, Iranian film director (Ballad of Tara, Bashu, the Little Stranger) and playwright (Memoirs of the Actor in a Supporting Role).[11]
- Don Bryant, 83, American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter ("I Can't Stand the Rain").[12]
25
[change | change source]- Vera Alentova, 83, Russian actress (Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Shirli-myrli, The Envy of Gods).[13]
- Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, 76, Iranian actress (Please Do Not Disturb, Life and a Day, Killer Spider), complications from a stroke.[14]
24
[change | change source]- Mohammad Bakri, 72, Palestinian film director (Jenin, Jenin) and actor (Haifa, The Lark Farm), heart disease.[15]
23
[change | change source]- Katie Allen, 59, Australian politician, MP (2019–2022), cholangiocarcinoma.[16]
- Sathischandra Edirisinghe, 84, Sri Lankan actor (Christhu Charithaya, Dorakada Marawa, Suhada Koka).[17]
22
[change | change source]- Uwe Kockisch, 81, German actor (Our Short Life, Treffen in Travers, Ruby Red).[18]
- Chris Rea, 74, English singer-songwriter ("Fool (If You Think It's Over)", "Driving Home for Christmas", "The Road to Hell").[19]
21
[change | change source]- Asanali Ashimov, 88, Kazakh actor (The Throw, or Everything Started on Saturday), film director and screenwriter.[20]
20
[change | change source]- Celso Bugallo, 78, Spanish actor (Mondays in the Sun, The Sea Inside, Salvador).[21]
- Anatoly Lobotsky, 66, Russian actor (The Envy of Gods, Mata Hari, AK-47), cancer.[22]
19
[change | change source]- Lorraine Cheshire, 65, English actress (Trollied, Ackley Bridge, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus).[23]
- Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, 90, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist.
- Bobby Joe Conrad, 90, American football player.
- Willy Claes, 87, Belgian conductor and politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO.
- Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, 88, Latvian psychologist and politician, President of Latvia.
- Bob Arum, 94, American boxing promoter, founded Top Rank.
18
[change | change source]- Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, 75, Angolan politician, prime minister (2002–2008), vice president (2010–2012) and president of the national assembly (2008–2010, 2012–2022).[24]
17
[change | change source]- Peter Arnett, 91, journalist, prostate cancer[25]
- William Rush, 31, British actor (Waterloo Road, Grange Hill, Coronation Street).[26]
16
[change | change source]- Gil Gerard, 82, American actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Airport '77, The Doctors), cancer.[27]
15
[change | change source]- Somachandra de Silva, 83, Sri Lanka cricketer.[28]
14
[change | change source]- Carl Carlton, 72, American singer ("Everlasting Love", "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)") and songwriter.[29]
- Rob Reiner, 78, American actor (All in the Family) and film director (This Is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally...), Emmy winner (1974, 1978), stabbed.[30]
13
[change | change source]- Héctor Alterio, 96, Argentine actor (The Official Story, Flesh and Blood, Son of the Bride).[31]
12
[change | change source]- Stanley Baxter, 99, Scottish actor (Crooks Anonymous, Very Important Person) and comedian (The Stanley Baxter Show).[32]
- Arthur Cohn, 98, Swiss film producer (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Black and White in Color, One Day in September).[33]
11
[change | change source]10
[change | change source]- Kim Ji-mee, 85, South Korean actress (Cruel Youth, Wang-geon, the Great, Kilsodeum), complications from shingles. [34]
- Efraín Goldenberg, 95, Peruvian politician, prime minister (1994–1995), minister of economy (1999–2000) and foreign affairs (1993–1995).[35]
9
[change | change source]- Béatrice Picard, 96, Canadian actress (Once Upon a Time in the East, The Outlander, My Aunt Aline).[36]
8
[change | change source]- Eila Roine, 94, Finnish actress (The Big Freeze, Trench Road, Skavabölen pojat).[37]
- Yun Il-bong, 91, South Korean actor (Suddenly at Midnight, Oyster Village, Aimless Bullet).[38]
7
[change | change source]- Viacheslav Kryshtofovych, 78, Ukrainian film director (Adam's Rib, A Friend of the Deceased), screenwriter and actor.[39] (death announced on this date)
- Frans Weisz, 87, Dutch film director (The Burglar, A Gangstergirl, Red Sien), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[40]
6
[change | change source]5
[change | change source]- Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect, 96, heart failure.[41]
4
[change | change source]- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, 75, American actor (Licence to Kill, Mortal Kombat, The Man in the High Castle), stroke.[42]
3
[change | change source]- Steve Cropper, 84, American Hall of Fame guitarist (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), songwriter ("In the Midnight Hour") and record producer ("(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay").[43]
2
[change | change source]- Essau Kanyenda, 43, Malawian footballer (FC Rostov, Polokwane City, national team), liver cancer.[44]
- Billy Nichols, 85, American musician and songwriter ("Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)", "Without Your Love").[45] (death announced on this date)
1
[change | change source]- Robin Smith, 62, South African-born English cricketer (Natal, Hampshire, England national team).[46]
Previous months
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Vale: Candy Raymond
- ↑ Begum Khaleda Zia passes away
- ↑ "Brigitte Bardot, star mondiale du cinéma et militante infatigable de la cause animale, est morte à l'âge de 91 ans" (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-28.
- ↑ Pulver, Andrew (28 December 2025). "Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ↑ Un adiós al actor Pablo Moret
- ↑ Ex-England and Glamorgan batter and ECB boss Morris dies
- ↑ Allwell Ademola, an actress from Nollywood, passes away at 43
- ↑ وفاة المخرج المصري داوود عبدالسيد بعد صراع مع المرض (in Arabic)
- ↑ ‘Unafraid’ cartoonist dies aged 84
- ↑ Perry Archangelo Bamonte 1960-2025
- ↑ Legendary Iranian playwright and filmmaker Bahram Beyzaie dies at 87
- ↑ Don Bryant, soul great who co-wrote 'I Can’t Stand the Rain,' has died
- ↑ Умерла актриса Вера Алентова (in Russian)
- ↑ شیرین یزدانبخش درگذشت + عکس (in Persian)
- ↑ Mohammad Bakri, director of 'Jenin, Jenin' passes away
- ↑ Former federal MP Katie Allen dies aged 59
- ↑ Veteran actor Sathischandra Edirisinghe passes away
- ↑ Schauspieler Uwe Kockisch gestorben (in German)
- ↑ Driving Home for Christmas singer Chris Rea dies at 74
- ↑ Умер актер Асанали Ашимов (in Russian)
- ↑ Muere a los 78 años el actor Celso Bugallo, premio Goya por ‘Mar adentro’ (in Spanish)
- ↑ Актер Анатолий Лобоцкий умер от рака (in Russian)
- ↑ Lorraine Cheshire dead: Waterloo Road star dies aged 65 as devastated co-star pays tribute
- ↑ Morreu Piedade dos Santos, ex-vice presidente de Angola (in Portuguese)
- ↑ "Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died". Associated Press. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ↑ Waterloo Road actor William Rush dies aged 31
- ↑ Gil Gerard, Star of ‘Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,’ Dies at 82
- ↑ Former Sri Lanka leg-spinner and ex-SLC chairman D.S. de Silva passes away at 83
- ↑ “Everlasting Love” and “Bad Mama Jama” singer Carl Carlton dies at 72
- ↑ Rob Reiner, All in the Family Star and When Harry Met Sally... Director Dies at 78, Along with Wife in Apparent Homicide
- ↑ Murió el querido actor argentino Héctor Alterio (in Spanish)
- ↑ Scottish actor and comedian Stanley Baxter dead aged 99 (subscription required)
- ↑ Arthur Cohn ist im Alter von 98 Jahren verstorben (in German)
- ↑ Kim Ji-mee, prolific Korean screen star, dies at 85
- ↑ Keiko Fujimori pide el archivo del Caso Cocteles y fiscalía cuestiona la sentencia del TC ¿Cuáles fueron los argumentos que definirán el proceso? (in Spanish)
- ↑ Béatrice Picard est décédée à 96 ans (in French)
- ↑ Näyttelijä Eila Roine on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ↑ 로맨스물' 주역 원로배우 윤일봉 별세…엄태웅 장인상(종합) (in Korean)
- ↑ Умер украинский кинорежиссер Вячеслав Криштофович (in Russian)
- ↑ Filmregisseur Frans Weisz (87) overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Stamberg, Susan (2025-12-05). "Frank Gehry, whose designs defied gravity and convention, dies at 96". NPR. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
- ↑ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dies: ‘Mortal Kombat, ‘Last Emperor’ & ‘Man In The High Castle’ Actor Was 75
- ↑ Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
- ↑ Former Polokwane City striker Kanyenda dies
- ↑ Influential soul music giant Billy Nichols dies at 85
- ↑ England's unsung Test wall Robin Smith passes away unexpectedly at 62 in Perth
Other websites
[change | change source]- The Guardian (UK) obituaries
- The Telegraph (UK) obituaries
- Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
- Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
- The New York Times, obituaries
- The Washington Post obituaries
- The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) obituaries
| Preceded by Deaths in 2024 |
Deaths by year | Succeeded by Deaths in 2026 |