Celebrity Deaths of 2025: Updated List of Stars, Icons, and Public Figures

Update: This article was updated to include the death of Gunsmoke’s Roger Ewing, which was revealed in 2026, weeks after his passing.

Every year, the public is saddened by the news that many celebrities have passed away. Unfortunately, 2025 was no different in that regard as many famous people passed away for a variety of different reasons. This article details the most notable celebrity deaths of 2025, according to People’s reporting.

January 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• Marianne Faithfull (1946-2025) Singer, songwriter, and actor
• Bob Uecker(1934-2025) Baseball broadcaster and Major League actor
• Hakaraia Wilson ( 1998-2025) MMA fighter
• Rosita Missoni (1931-2025) Fashion designer
• Wayne Osmond (1951-2025) Singer and guitarist from The Osmonds
• Jeff Baena (1978-2025) Writer and director who married Aubrey Plaza
• The Vivienne (1992-2025) RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner
• Brenton Wood (1941-2025) R&B singer known for Oogum Boogum Song
• Leslie Charleson(1945-2025) Longtime General Hospital veteran
• Andrew Pyper (1968-2025) Author of “The Demonologist” and “Lost Girls“
• Lynn Ban (1972-2025) Bling Empire New York star
• John Sykes (1959-2025) Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist
• Peter Yarrow (1938-2025) Folk singer of Peter Paul and Mary
• Ed Askew (1940- 2025) Singer, songwriter and painter
• Brian Matusz (1987-2025) Baltimore Orioles pitcher
• Bill Byrge (1938-2025) Actor who appeared in Ernest movies
• Sam Moore (1935-2025) R&B Singer who was one-half of Sam & Dave
• Leslie Charleson (1945-2025) General Hospital actor
• Linda Nolan (1959-2025) Singer and actor who was a member of The Nolans
• Paul Danan (1948-2025) English actor and TV personality
• Melba Montgomery (1938-2025) Singer known for “No Charge” and George Jones duets
• Joan Plowright (1929-2025) acclaimed British stage and screen actress
• Charles Phan (1962-2025) Celebrity chef
• Garth Hudson (1937-2025) Musician and member of The Band
• Calvin Jones (1970-2025) Super Bowl winning running back
• DJ Funk (1981-2025) Music pioneer
• Ryan Whyte Maloney (1981-2025) The Voice Season 6 competitor
• Ken Flores (1996-2025) Comedian
• Dick Button (1929-2025) Olympic figure skating champion

February 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• Gene Hackman (1930-2025) Oscar-winning actor in The French Connection and Unforgiven
• Michelle Trachtenberg (1985-2025) Gossip Girl and Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress
• Roberta Flack (1937-2025) Soul singer known for “Killing Me Softly with His Song”
• Betsy Arakawa (1959-2025) Painter and wife of Gene Hackman
• Barbie Hsu (1976-2025) Singer, actor, and host
• Brian Murphy (1932-2025) British actor
• Lee Joo-Sil (1944-2025) Actor known for Train to Busan and Squid Games
• Peter Navy Tuiasosopo (1963-2025) Actor known for Street Fighter
• Kevyn Major Howard (1956-2025) Full Metal Jacket actor
• Michael O’Sullivan (2000-2025) Irish jockey
• Kim Sae-ron (2000-2025) South Korean child actress
• Rick Buckler (1955-2025) Drummer for The Jam
• Paquita la del Barrio (1947-2025) Singer known for “Rata de dos patas” and “Tres veces te engañé”
• Alice Hirson (1929-2025) Actor known for Ellen
• Jerry Butler (1939-2025) Singer, songwriter, and politician
• Peter Jason (1944-2025) Actor known for Deadwood, The Karate Kid, and John Carpenter movies
• Daniel Bisogno (1973-2025) TV host
• Lynne Marie Stewart (1946-2025 Actor and former Pee-wee’s Playhouse star
• Bill Fay (1943-2025) Singer, songwriter and pianist
• Al Trautwig (1956-2025) Sports commentator
• Chris Jasper (1951-2025) Former member of The Isley Brothers
• John Lawlor (1941-2025) Actor and assistant director
• Robert John (1946-2025) Singer known for “Sad Eyes” and 1972 “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” cover
• Jan Schwieterman (1972-2025) Good Burger actor

March 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• George Foreman (1949-2025) Olympic gold medalist boxer and George Foreman Grill spokesperson
• Patty Maloney (1936-2025) Little House on the Prairie and Star Wars Holiday Special actor
• Sian Barbara Allen (1946-2025) Actor known for The Waltons, Gunsmoke, and Ironside
• Richard Norton (1950-2025) Martial artist, actor, and stunt coordinator
• Richard Chamberlain (1934-2025) Former teen idol and actor known for Dr. Kildare, Shōgun, and The Thorn Birds
• Mama Mary Schmucker (1960-2025) Breaking Amish star
• Young Scooter (1986-2025) Influential rapper known for “Colombia”
• Alice Tan Ridley (1952-2025) Singer from America’s Got Talent Season 5
• Berkin Usta (2000-2025) Olympic skier
• Cindyana Santangelo (1967-2025) Actor, dancer, and model
• Larry Tamblyn (1943-2025) Singer and musician known for “Dirty Water”
• Kitty Dukakis (1936-2025) Former First Lady of Massachusetts
• Matt Stevens (1973-2025) Former New England Patriots safety
• Jack Lilley (1933-2025) Little House on the Prairie actor
• Wings Hauser (1947-2025) Actor in The Young and the Restless and father of Cole Hauser
• Émilie Dequenne (1981-2025) Actor in Rosetta
• Jesse Colin Young (1941-2025) Guitarist in The Youngbloods
• Philip Enewally (1998-2025) YouTuber known as “P2isthename”
• Bruce Glover (1932-2025) Actor and father of Crispin Glover
• Clive Revill (1930-2025) Actor and original voice of Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars
• Mark Dobies (1959-2025) Soap opera actor in One Life to Live
• Carole D’Andrea (1937-2025) Actor who portrayed Velma in West Side Story
• Robert Trebor (1953-2025) Actor in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
• Cocoa Tea (1959-2025) Reggae singer
• Wheesung (1982-2025) South Korean singer
• Simon Fisher-Becker (1961-2025) Actor who portrayed a Hogwarts ghost in Harry Potter
• D’Wayne Wiggins (1961-2025) Ainger and guitarist in Tony! Toni! Toné!
• L.J. Smith (1958-2025) Author of “The Vampire Diaries”
• Art Schallock (1924-2025) former Yankees pitcher
• Denise Alexander (1939-2025) General Hospital star who played Leslie Webber
• Pamela Bach (1963-2025) Baywatch actress and ex-wife of David Hasselhoff
• DJ Funk (1971-2025) Music pioneer
• Roy Ayers (1940-2025) jazz vibraphonist and composer
• Andrew Cross (1989-2025) YouTube star known as “Desert Drifter”
• Peter Engel (1937-2025) Saved by the Bell executive producer
• Joey Molland (1947-2025) guitarist in Badfinger
• Angie Stone (1961-2025) R&B singer
• Prince Frederik (2002-2025) Luxembourg royal
• Carson Jones (1986-2025) Boxer

April 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• Val Kilmer (1959-2025) Actor in Top Gun and Batman Forever
• Mike Peters (1959-2025) Frontman of The Alarm
• Jiggly Caliente (1980-2025) RuPaul’s Drag Race star
• Priscilla Pointer (1924-2025) Actor and mother of Amy Irving
• Lulu Roman (1946-2025) Gospel singer and Hee Haw cast member
• Karen Silva (2008-2025) Former The Voice Kids Brazil contestant
• David Thomas (1953-2025) Lead singer of Pere Ubu
• Steve McMichael (1957-2025) Chicago Bears Hall of Famer and professional wrestler
• Lar Park Lincoln (1961-2025) Actor in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
• Wink Martindale (1933-2025) Game show host of Tic-Tac-Dough and Gambit
• Sophie Nyweide (2000-2025) Former child actress in Noah
• Les Binks (1951-2025) Late-70s drummer for Judas Priest
• Amber Kelleher-Andrews (1969-2025) Celebrity matchmaker
• Jean Marsh (1934-2025) Co-creator and star of Upstairs Downstairs
• Ray Thomas Baker (1946-2025) Music producer who worked on Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”
• Nathaniel Pelletier (1971-2025) Actor in When Calls the Heart
• Nicky Katt (1970-2025) Indie film star in Dazed and Confused
• Max Romeo (1944-2025) Reggae singer known for “War Ina Babylon”
• Ted Kotcheff (1931-2025) Director of First Blood and Weekend at Bernie’s
• Lucy Markovic (1998-2025) Former Australia’s Next Top Model contestant
• Rubby Pérez (1956-2025) Merengue singer
• William Finn (1952-2025) Tony Award-winning composer of “Falsettos”
• Clem Burke (1954-2025) Drummer for Blondie
• Dave Allen (1955-2025) Bassist for Gang of Four
• Michael Hurley (1941-2025) Musician known as the Godfather of freak folk
• Amadou Bagayoko (1954-2025) Musician in Amadou & Mariam
• Johnny Tillotson (1938-2025) Singer known for “Poetry in Motion”
• Vito Pirbazari (1981-2025) Bodybuilder and actor in Dogs of Berlin

May 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• George Wendt (1948-2025) Cheers star
• Phil Robertson (1946-2025) Duck Dynasty star
• John Brenkus (1971-2025) Host of Sport Science
• Mike McCallum (1956-2025) Boxer known as The Bodysnatcher
• Renée Victor (1938-2025) Voice actor for Abuelita in Coco
• Valerie Mahaffey (1953-2025) Actor in Northern Exposure and Big Sky
• Loretta Swit (1937-2025) Actor in MASH
• Devin Harjes (1983-2025) Actor in Boardwalk Empire and Manifest
• Rick Derringer (1947-2025) Singer and guitarist who collaborated with Alice Cooper and Steely Dan
• Michael Sumler (1954-2025) Member of R&B band Kool & the Gang
• Georgia O’Cooper (2000-2025) Pro boxer and youth gold medalist
• Gadi Kinda (1994-2025) Soccer player
• Adam Ramey (1992-2025) Vocalist in Dropout Kings
• Roger Nichols (1940-2025) Songwriter for The Carpenters
• Charles Strouse (1928-2025) Broadway composer of “Annie”
• Jane Bright (1953-2025) Survivor: Nicaragua contestant
• Lorna Raver (1943-2025) Actor in Drag Me to Hell
• Michael McStay (1933-2025) British actor in Doctor Who
• Sabu (1964-2025) Professional wrestler
• Johnny Rodriguez (1951-2025) Country star
• Samuel French (1980-2025) Actor in Killers of the Flower Moon
• Josaia Raisuqe (1994-2025) Rugby player and Olympic medalist
• Joe Don Baker (1936-2025) Actor in GoldenEye
• James Foley (1973-2025) Director of Fifty Shades of Grey sequels
• Millena Brandão (2013-2025) Child actor in Sintonia
• Jill Sobule (1959-2025) Singer known for “I Kissed a Girl”
• Charley Scalies (1940-2025) Actor in The Wire
• Kirk Medas (1992-2025) Floribama Shore star
• Ruth Buzzi (1936-2025) Laugh-In comedienne

June 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• Brian Wilson (1942-2025) Beach Boys co-founder and singer-songwriter
• Bobby Sherman (1943-2025) Teen idol known for “Little Woman,” and actor in Here Comes the Bride
• Sly Stone (1943-2025) Frontman of Sly and the Family Stone
• Anne Burrell (1969-2025) Food Network star of Worst Cooks in America
• Jonathan Joss (1965-2025) Voice actor in King of the Hill
• Maureen Hingert (1937-2025) Former Miss Universe and Sri Lankan actor
• Kenneth Colley (1937-2025) Actor in Star Wars
• Dave Parker (1951-2025) Baseball Hall of Famer known as The Cobra
• Shefali Jariwala (1982-2025) Indian actor and model
• Rick Hurst (1946-2025) Actor in The Dukes of Hazzard
• Mick Ralphs (1944-2025) Founding guitarist of Bad Company
• Joe Marinelli (1957-2025) Soap actor in General Hospital and Santa Barbara
• Mikayla Raines (1995-2025) YouTuber and fox rescue activist
• Jack Betts (1929-2025) Character actor in Spider-Man
• Gailard Sartain (1943-2025) Actor in Hee Haw and Ernest movies
• Lynn Hamilton (1930-2025) Actor in Sanford and Son
• Lou Christie (1943-2025) Sixties pop star known for “Lightnin’ Strikes”
• Joanna “Jo” Bacon (1953-2025) Actor in Love Actually
• Marjorie Grande (1925-2025) Grandmother of Ariana Grande
• Leonard Lauder (1933-2025) Former Estee Lauder CEO
• Loren Ruch (1970-2025) HGTV House Party co-host
• Betsy Gay (1929-2025) Child star in Our Gang comedy films
• David Hekili Kenui Bell (1979-2025) Actor in Lilo & Stitch remake
• Douglas McCarthy (1966-2025) Frontman of Nitzer Ebb
• Ananda Lewis (1973-2025) Former MTV VJ
• Harris Yulin (1937-2025) Actor in Ozark and Scarface
• Patricia Fuenmayor (1974-2025) TV correspondent and former Miss South America
• Wayne Lewis (1957-2025) Singer in Atlantic Starr
• Marcie Jones (1945-2025) Lead singer of Marcie & The Cookies

July 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025) Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal icon known as the Prince of Darkness
• Connie Francis (1937-2025) Legendary pop singer known for “Who’s Sorry Now” and “Lipstick on Collar”
• Michael Madsen (1957-2025) Actor in Quentin Tarantino films including Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill
• Hulk Hogan (1953-2025) Legendary pro wrestler, actor, and TV personality
• Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970-2025) The Cosby Show actor who played Theo Huxtable
• Julian McMahon (1968-2025) Actor in Nip/Tuck, Charmed, and Fantastic Four
• Alan Bergman (1925-2025) Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy-winning songwriter known for “The Way We Were”
• Young Noble (1978-2025) Outlawz rapper and Tupac collaborator
• Lyndon ‘LB’ Byers (1964-2025) Former Boston Bruins player and radio personality
• Bobby Jenks (1981-2025) Former Chicago White Sox closer
• Robbie Pardlo (1978-2025) Lead singer of R&B group City High
• Kenneth Washington (1936-2025) Actor in Hogan’s Heroes
• Eileen Fulton (1933-2025) Legendary soap opera actress
• David Kaff (1946-2025) Actor in This Is Spinal Tap
• Dan Ziskie (1944-2025) House of Cards actor
• Alfie Wise (1942-2025) Burt Reynolds costar in action-comedies
• Chuck Mangione (1940-2025) Grammy-winning jazz flugelhornist known for “Feels So Good”
• Cleo Laine (1927-2025) British jazz singer and Tony-nominated actress
• Laura Dahlmeier (1993-2025) German Olympic gold medalist biathlete
• Ryne Sandberg (1959-2025) Legendary Chicago Cubs second baseman and Hall of Famer
• Diogo Jota (1996-2025) Portuguese soccer player
• Bryan Braman (1987-2025) Former NFL linebacker
• Preta Gil (1974-2025) Brazilian singer, actress, and entrepreneur
• Paul Mario Day (1956-2025) Iron Maiden’s original singer
• Steve Regal (1951-2025) Professional Wrestler for the AWA

August 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• Terence Stamp (1938-2025) Oscar-nominated actor in Superman and Priscilla Queen of the Desert
• Loni Anderson (1945-2025) Actor in WKRP in Cincinnati
• Randy Boone (1942-2025) Actor and singer known for The Virginian
• Floyd Levine (1932-2025) Character actor in Baywatch and The Hangover
• David Ketchum (1928-2025) Actor in Get Smart
• Tristan Rogers (1946-2025) General Hospital star
• Sheila Jordan (1928-2025) Jazz music pioneer
• Danielle Spencer (1965-2025) Child star in What’s Happening!!
• Liz Lin Ruoyu (1988-2025) Taiwanese beauty influencer
• Bobby Whitlock (1948-2025) Co-founder of Derek & The Dominoes
• Shigetoshi Kotari (1996-2025) Boxing star
• James Lovell Jr. (1928-2025) Astronaut Apollo 13 commander
• Brandon Blackstock (1976-2025) Talent manager and ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson
• Jon Miyahara (1941-2025) Actor in Superstore
• Eddie Palmieri (1936-2025) Grammy-winning Latin musician
• Jeannie Seely (1940-2025) Country music icon

September 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• Robert Redford (1936-2025) Iconic actor in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Graham Greene (1952-2025) Actor in Dances with Wolves
• Rolling Ray (1996-2025) Social media influencer
• Giorgio Armani (1934-2025) Legendary Italian fashion designer
• Mark Volman (1947-2025) The Turtles vocalist
• Rick Davies (1944-2025) Supertramp vocalist
• Polly Holliday (1937-2025) Actor in Alice
• Paula Shaw (1941-2025) Hallmark Channel star who portrayed Jason Voorhees’ mother in Freddy vs. Jason
• Pat Crowley (1933-2025) Golden Globe winner in Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
• Ricky Hatton (1978-2025) Boxing legend
• Brad Everett Young (1979-2025) Actor in Grey’s Anatomy
• Brett James (1968-2025) Grammy-winning songwriter known for “Jesus, Take the Wheel”
• Zubeen Garg (1972-2025) Indian singer
• Sonny Curtis (1937-2025) Songwriter for The Crickets
• Rudi Johnson (1979-2025) Former Cincinnati Bengals running back
• Joshua Allen (1989-2025) So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 winner

October 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• Diane Keaton (1946-2025) Oscar-winning actress in Annie Hall
• Ace Frehley (1951-2025) Founding guitarist of KISS
• D’Angelo (1974-2025) R&B and soul legend
• Jane Goodall (1934-2025) Pioneering primatologist
• Yoervis Medina (1988-2025) Former MLB pitcher
• Floyd Roger Myers Jr. (1983-2025) Child actor in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Prunella Scales (1932-2025) Actor in Fawlty Towers
• June Lockhart (1925-2025) Actor in Lassie and Lost in Space
• Michael DeLano (1940-2025) Actor in Rhoda
• Dave Burgess (1934-2025) Frontman of The Champs
• Doug Martin (1989-2025) Former NFL player
• Samantha Eggar (1939-2025) Oscar-nominated actress in The Collector
• Penelope Milford (1948-2025) Oscar-nominated actress in Coming Home
• Paulina Tamayo (1965-2025) Ecuadorian singer
• Ed Williams (1926-2025) Actor in The Naked Gun
• Kimberly Hébert Gregory (1972-2025) Actor in Vice Principals
• Patricia Routledge (1929-2025) Keeping Up Appearances star
• Ike Turner Jr. (1958-2025) Son of Tina and Ike Turner
• Ben Lewis (1979-2025) West End actor
• Joan Kennedy (1936-2025) First wife of Sen. Ted Kennedy
• John Lodge (1943-2025) The Moody Blues bassist
• Helen Siff (1937-2025) Character actor

November 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• Diane Ladd (1935-2025) Oscar-nominated actress mother of Laura Dern
• Udo Kier (1944-2025) Prolific German actor
• Donna Jean Godchaux (1947-2025) Grateful Dead singer
• Betty Harford (1927-2025) Dynasty actor
• Marshawn Kneeland (2001-2025) Dallas Cowboys defensive end
• Tom Stoppard (1937-2025) Oscar-winning screenwriter
• Tony Germano (1970-2025) Netflix and Nickelodeon voice actor
• Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025) Reggae legend
• Gary Mounfield (1962-2025) Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist
• Spencer Lofranco (1992-2025) Actor in Gotti
• Elizabeth Franz (1941-2025) Tony-winning Broadway actress
• Sally Kirkland (1941-2025) Golden Globe-winning actress
• Pauline Collins (1940-2025) Oscar-nominated actress in Shirley Valentine

December 2025’s Celebrity Deaths

• Frank Gehry (1929-2025) famed architect
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950-2025) Actor in Mortal Kombat
• James Ransone (1979-2025) The Wire and It: Chapter Two actor
• Isiah Whitlock Jr. (1954-2025) The Wire and Veep actor
• Brigitte Bardot (1934-2025) French film actress and animal welfare advocate
• Rob Reiner (1947-2025) All in the Family star and When Harry Met Sally director
• Michele Singer Reiner (1955-2025) Photographer, artist, and Rob Reiner’s wife
• Peter Greene (1965-2025) Actor in The Mask and Pulp Fiction
• Pat Finn (1965-2025) The Middle, Seinfeld, and Friends actor
• Roger Ewing (1942-2025) Gunsmoke actor *
• Anthony Geary (1947-2025) Longtime General Hospital star
• Jim Ward (1959-2025) Voice actor in The Fairly OddParents
• Sophie Kinsella (1969-2025) British author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic”
• Perry Bamonte (1960-2025) The Cure guitarist and keyboardist
• Mickey Lee (1990-2025) Big Brother contestant
• Chris Rea (1951-2025) Singer known for “Driving Home for Christmas”
• Ieda Maria Vargas (1944-2025) First Brazilian Miss Universe
• Imani Dia Smith (1999-2025) Former Broadway child actress in “The Lion King”
• Greg Biffle (1969-2025) NASCAR champion
• Tatiana Schlossberg (1990-2025) Environmental journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy
• Richard Smallwood (1948-2025) Grammy-nominated gospel songwriter and musician
• Poorstacy (1999-2025) Florida rapper
• William Rush (1994-2025) British actor in Waterloo Road
• Gil Gerard (1943-2025) Buck Rogers star
• Ethan McLeod (2004-2025) Soccer player
• Rachael Carpani (1980-2025) Australian actress in NCIS: Los Angeles
• Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933-2025) Former U.S. Senator who represented Colorado
• Khaleda Zia (1945-2025) The first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• Hugh Morris (1963-2025) Cricket player and administrator
• Amos Poe (1949-2025) Filmmaker known for The Blank Generation and Subway Riders

* A January 9th, 2026, The Hollywood Reporter article announced that a recently published obituary had revealed that Roger Ewing had passed away on December 18, 2025.

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