Deaths in 2025
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
November
- Sion Assidon, 77, Moroccan human rights activist.[1]
- Lee Tamahori, 75, New Zealand film director (Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day, Along Came a Spider).[2]
6
- Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, 82, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2009–2024), minister of foreign affairs (2013–2019) and finance (2024), kidney disease.[3]
- Mohamed Ben Moussa, 71, Tunisian footballer (Club Africain, national team).[4]
- Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee, 85, Bangladeshi academic and politician, MP (1973–1975).[5]
- Anna Laura Braghetti, 72, Italian political militant (Red Brigades).[6]
- David J. Brightbill, 83, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania Senate (1981–2006).[7]
- Larry Caton, 77, American Olympic handball player (1972).[8]
- Naresh Dadhich, 81, Indian theoretical physicist, director of the IUCAA (2003–2009).[9]
- Paulo Frateschi, 75, Brazilian politician, state deputy and chairman of the Workers' Party, stabbed.[10]
- Manfred Goldberg, 95, German-born British educator and Holocaust survivor.[11] (death announced on this date)
- Eduardo Gullas, 95, Filipino politician, four-time representative, governor of Cebu (1976–1986), and twice mayor of Talisay, Cebu.[12]
- Frederick Hauck, 84, American astronaut.[13]
- Paul Ignatius, 104, American government official and publishing executive (The Washington Post), secretary of the navy (1967–1969) and under secretary of the army (1964).[14]
- Marshawn Kneeland, 24, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Western Michigan), suicide by gunshot.[15]
- Woodrow Lowe, 71, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide, San Diego Chargers).[16]
- Viktor Marynyuk, 86, Ukrainian painter.[17]
- Pirro Mosi, 98, Albanian photographer.[18]
- Sasha Okun, 76, Soviet-born Israeli artist, author and educator.[19]
- Sulakshana Pandit, 71, Indian actress (Sankalp, Sankoch, Waqt Ki Deewar) and playback singer, cardiac arrest.[20]
- Manuel Pérez, 85, Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Man from Maisinicu).[21]
- Pono, 49, Polish rapper (Zipera).[22]
- Harish Rai, 55, Indian actor (Jodi Hakki, Nalla), cancer.[23]
- Don Robinson, 91, British football team owner (Scarborough, Hull City) and professional wrestler.[24]
- Roh Su-hui, 81, South Korean political activist.[25]
- Giulio Sanguineti, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Brescia (1998–2007).[26]
- Binlah Sonkalagiri, 60, Thai writer.[27]
- Victor Yakunin, 94, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Pakistan (1985–1993).[28]
5
- Andrea de Adamich, 84, Italian racing driver (Surtees, Brabham).[29] (death announced on this date)
- Pauline Collins, 85, British actress (Shirley Valentine, Upstairs, Downstairs, City of Joy), complications from Parkinson's disease.[30][31]
- Emerich Jenei, 88, Romanian football player (FCSB, national team) and manager (FCSB).[32]
- Jeong Jong-taek, 90, South Korean politician, MP (1981–1992).[33]
- Gilson Lavis, 74, English drummer (Squeeze, Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra).[34]
- Saber Kazemi, 26, Iranian volleyball player (Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi, Al Rayyan, national team).[35]
- Věra Křesadlová, 81, Czech artist, actress and singer.[36]
- Madiassa Maguiraga, 82, Malian academic and politician.[37]
- Annibale Marini, 84, Italian judge, member (1997–2006) and president (2005–2006) of the constitutional court.[38]
- Abdullahi Mohammed, 86, Nigerian major general, chief of staff to the president (1999–2008), national security adviser (1998–1999), and governor of Benue-Plateau State (1975–1976).[39]
- Béla Nagy, 82, Hungarian Olympic archer (1972, 1980).[40] (death announced on this date)
- Tarcisio Navarrete, 71, Mexican politician, deputy (2000–2003).[41]
- Barbara Ptak, 95, Polish costume designer (Pharaoh, Pearl in the Crown, The Promised Land).[42]
- Ronald Venetiaan, 89, Surinamese politician, president (1991–1996, 2000–2010).[43]
- Mary Ann Wilson, 87, American fitness instructor and television host (Sit and Be Fit).[44]
4
- Claude Bébéar, 90, French insurance executive, CEO of AXA (1985–2000).[45]
- Stuart Boam, 77, English football player (Mansfield Town, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United) and manager.[46] (death announced on this date)
- Keith Browner, 63, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers, San Diego Chargers).[47]
- Francine Christophe, 92, French writer and Holocaust survivor.[48]
- Dominik Duka, 82, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal, bishop of Hradec Králové (1998–2010) and archbishop of Prague (2010–2022).[49]
- Ada Feinberg-Sireni, 95, Italian-born Israeli politician, MK (1969–1974).[50]
- Giorgio Forattini, 94, Italian political cartoonist (La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Giornale).[51]
- Gopichand Hinduja, 85, Indian conglomerate industry executive, chairman of Hinduja Group (since 1971).[52]
- Knut Kjeldstadli, 77, Norwegian historian.[53]
- Lam Sheung Mo, 75, Hong Kong actor (Days of Tomorrow).[54]
- H. Y. Meti, 79, Indian politician, Karnataka MLA (1989–1999, 2004–2007, 2013–2018).[55]
- Yuri Nikolaev, 76, Russian television presenter and actor, cancer.[56]
- Giuseppe Nocco, 86, Italian politician, senator (2001–2006).[57]
- Penny Pence, 96, American Olympic swimmer (1948).[58]
- Elina Salo, 89, Finnish actress (Inspector Palmu's Mistake, The Diary of a Worker, Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana).[59]
- Krys Sobieski, 75, Polish footballer (Legia Warsaw, Dallas Sidekicks, national team).[60]
- Runo Sundberg, 96, Swedish actor (Hem till byn).[61]
- Robert Taylor, 74, New Zealand guitarist (Dragon) and songwriter ("This Time", "Magic").[62]
- Oinam Thoiba, 71, Indian Shumang Leela actor and director.[63]
- Tika, 14, Canadian greyhound.[64]
3
- Kambiz Atabay, 86, Iranian football administrator, president of FFI (1972–1979) and the AFC (1976–1978).[65]
- Rudolf Belin, 82, Croatian football player (Dinamo Zagreb, Beerschot V.A.V.) and manager (Yugoslavia national team).[66]
- Judy Bell, 89, American Hall of Fame golfer and golf administrator, president of the USGA (1996–1997).[67]
- Charles Bidwill Jr., 97, American businessman, owner of the Chicago / St. Louis Cardinals (1962–1972).[68]
- Valery Borshchyov, 81, Russian politician and human rights activist, member of the Mossoviet (1990–1993), MP (1993–1999).[69]
- Clara Charf, 100, Brazilian political activist (Brazilian Communist Party, Workers' Party).[70]
- Dick Cheney, 84, American politician, vice president (2001–2009), secretary of defense (1989–1993), and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1989), pneumonia and heart disease.[71]
- Victor Conte, 75, American musician (Tower of Power), businessman and convicted money launderer (BALCO scandal), founder and president (1983–2003) of BALCO, pancreatic cancer.[72]
- André De Nul, 79, Belgian footballer (Lierse, Anderlecht, national team).[73]
- Daya Dongre, 85, Indian actress (Umbartha, Navri Mile Navryala, Shubh Mangal Savdhan).[74]
- David Gow, 80, British journalist (The Guardian), heart attack.[75]
- Eugene Hughes, 67, Irish Gaelic footballer (Monaghan), cancer.[76]
- Stanislaus Kennedy, 86, Irish Roman Catholic nun and social activist, founder of Focus Ireland.[77]
- Kim Yong-nam, 97, North Korean politician, president of the Presidium of the SPA (1998–2019) and minister of foreign affairs (1983–1998), multiple organ failure complicated by colorectal cancer.[78]
- Diane Ladd, 89, American actress (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart, Rambling Rose), BAFTA winner (1976), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.[79]
- John Marshall, 85, British politician, MEP (1979–1989) and MP (1987–1997).[80]
- Rubén Martínez Huelmo, 76, Uruguayan politician, senator (2015–2020) and president of the Mercosur Parliament (2013–2015).[81]
- Giancarlo Pasquini, 88, Italian politician, senator (1996–2006).[82]
- Joost Prinsen, 83, Dutch actor and television presenter (De Stratemakeropzeeshow, Het Klokhuis), cancer and complications from a stroke.[83]
- Leonard Radowski, 73, Polish footballer (Lechia Gdańsk, Olimpia Elbląg).[84]
- Dipak Sarma, 57, Indian flutist.[85]
- Peter Skalicky, 84, Austrian academic, rector of TU Wien (1991–2011).[86]
- Richard Sharp, 87, English rugby union player (Barbarians, national team, British & Irish Lions).[87]
- Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, 80, Bangladeshi economist and social scientist.[88]
- Dragan Simeunović, 71, Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Yugoslavia national team).[89]
- Daniel Willington, 83, Argentine footballer (Talleres de Córdoba, Vélez Sarsfield, national team).[90]
- Constantin Zamfir, 74, Romanian footballer (Petrolul Ploiești, FCSB, national team).[91]
- Tayeb Zitouni, 69, Algerian politician.[92]
- Mladen Žižović, 44, Bosnian footballer (Zrinjski Mostar, national team) and manager (Radnički 1923).[93]
2
- José Ángel Aguirrebengoa, 72–73, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Navarre (2007–2011).[94]
- Hedayat Amin Arsala, 83, Afghan economist and politician, vice president (2001–2002), minister of foreign affairs (1993–1994) and finance (2001–2002).[95]
- Aki Banayi, 81, Iranian singer.[96]
- George Emil Banks, 83, American mass murderer (1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings), kidney cancer.[97]
- Leszek Bednarczuk, 89, Polish linguist.[98]
- Lô Borges, 73, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Clube da Esquina), multiple organ failure complicated by medication poisoning.[99]
- Joseph Byrd, 87, American musician (The United States of America), songwriter ("Hard Coming Love"), and film composer (Health).[100]
- Ronald Ian Cheffins, 95, Canadian lawyer and political scientist.[101]
- Stanley M. Chesley, 89, American lawyer, complications from dementia.[102]
- Rafael de Paula, 85, Spanish bullfighter, cardiovascular complications.[103]
- Giovanni Galeone, 84, Italian football player (Udinese) and manager (Pescara, Napoli).[104]
- Albert Ganado, 101, Maltese lawyer, historian, and cartographer.[105] (death announced on this date)
- Donna Jean Godchaux, 78, American Hall of Fame singer (Grateful Dead, Donna Jean Godchaux Band), cancer.[106]
- Richard Gott, 87, British journalist (The Guardian).[107]
- Mark Hallett, 82, American neurologist.[108]
- Mainul Haque, 62, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (2016–2021), cardiac arrest.[109]
- Yoshinori Hirose, 89, Japanese baseball player (Nankai Hawks) and manager.[110]
- Harald Klose, 80, German footballer (Schalke 04, Valenciennes, AC Cambrai).[111]
- Ivan Laptev, 91, Russian journalist and politician, member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1984–1989), chairman of the Soviet of the Union (1990–1991).[112]
- Élie Lefranc, 93, French racing cyclist.[113]
- Françoise Lengellé, 80–81, French harpsichordist and music professor (Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon).[114]
- Bona Malwal, 97, South Sudanese journalist (The Vigilant) and politician, minister of information (1973–1978).[115]
- Pakubuwono XIII, 77, Indonesian traditional ruler, susuhunan (since 2004).[116]
- Igor Palmin, 92, Russian photographer and journalist.[117]
- Pavel Prošek, 85, Czech physical geographer and climatologist, founder of Mendel Polar Station.[118]
- Renaud Revel, 71, French journalist (Le Matin de Paris, L'Express).[119]
- John Wesley Ryles, 74, American country music singer ("Kay") and songwriter.[120]
- George Sacco, 89, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1974).[121]
- Jim Self, 82, American tubist and composer.[122]
- Bob Trumpy, 80, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals) and broadcaster (NBC, Westwood One).[123]
- Guido Venturoni, 91, Italian naval officer, chief of staff of the Navy (1992–1993) and the defence staff (1994–1999), and chair of the NATO Military Committee (1999–2002).[124]
- Setti Warren, 55, American politician, mayor of Newton, Massachusetts (2010–2018).[125]
- Alejo Zavala Castro, 83, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tlapa (1992–2005) and of Chilpancingo-Chilapa (2005–2015).[126]
1
- Armand Avril, 98, French painter and sculptor.[127]
- Alojz Bajc, 93, Slovenian Olympic road racing cyclist (1960).[128]
- Charles D. Baker, 97, American businessman and politician, U.S. deputy secretary of health and human services (1983–1984).[129]
- Eddy Boissézon, 73, Mauritian politician, vice-president (2019–2024).[130]
- Martha Layne Collins, 88, American politician, governor (1983–1987) and lieutenant governor of Kentucky (1979–1983).[131]
- Jean de Dieu Moukagni Iwangou, 65, Gabonese politician and magistrate.[132]
- Ray Drummond, 78, American jazz bassist and teacher.[133]
- John Farragher, 68, Australian rugby league player (Penrith Panthers), cardiac arrest.[134]
- Archie Fisher, 86, Scottish folk singer and songwriter.[135]
- Clyde Hart, 91, American track and field coach (Baylor Bears), cancer.[136]
- Elspeth King, 76, Scottish art curator.[137]
- Edward Lone Fight, 86, Native American leader, chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes (1986–1990).[138]
- Carlos Manzo, 40, Mexican politician, mayor of Uruapan (since 2024) and deputy (2021–2024), shot.[139]
- Mike Mehta, 78, Indian advocate, actor and theatre director.[140]
- Aftab Shaban Mirani, 84–85, Pakistani politician, chief minister of Sindh (1990), minister of defence (1993–1996), and MP (2014–2023).[141]
- Stephen Morris, 79, American politician, member (1993–2013) and president (2005–2012) of the Kansas Senate, president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (2011–2012).[142]
- Faruk Fatih Özer, 31, Turkish cryptocurrency trader and convicted fraudster, founder of Thodex, suicide by hanging.[143]
- Laila Øygarden, 78, Norwegian politician, county mayor of Aust-Agder (2007–2011).[144]
- Mykhailo Reznik, 75, Ukrainian diplomat, ambassador to China (2001–2003) and the United States (2003–2005).[145]
- Thierry Sardo, 58, French football manager (New Caledonia national team).[146]
- Omid Sarlak, 27, Iranian activist.[147]
- Ralph Senensky, 102, American television director (Star Trek, The Waltons, The F.B.I.).[148]
- Marina Yee, 67, Belgian fashion designer (Antwerp Six), cancer.[149]
- Young Bleed, 51, American rapper, complications from ruptured brain aneurysm.[150]
Previous months
References
- وفاة الفاعل الحقوقي سيون أسيدون بعد صراع مع المرض (in Arabic)
- Lee Tamahori 'will be missed' but 'will definitely be remembered'
- Former minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali passes away
- الافريقي ينعى أحد رموزه السابقين (in Arabic)
- আ’লীগের বর্ষীয়ান রাজনীতিবিদ পীযুষ কান্তি ভট্টাচার্য্য আর নেই (in Bengali)
- Morta Anna Laura Braghetti, l’ex brigatista aveva partecipato al sequestro Moro (in Italian)
- David ‘Chip’ Brightbill, former district attorney & state senate leader, dies at 83
- Larry Ray Caton
- Prof Naresh Dadhich, former director IUCAA, passes away in Beijing
- Paulo Frateschi, ex-deputado do PT, morre após ser esfaqueado pelo filho (in Portuguese)
- Holocaust survivor and educator Manfred Goldberg dies aged 95
- Eddiegul dies at 95
- Astronaut Rick Hauck, who led first flight after Challenger, dies at 84
- Paul Ignatius, Navy secretary at height of Vietnam War, dies at 104 (registration required)
- Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland dies suddenly at age 24
- College Football Hall of Famer, former Central and Alabama star Woodrow Lowe dies
- وفاة الفاعل الحقوقي سيون أسيدون بعد صراع مع المرض (in Arabic)
- Lee Tamahori 'will be missed' but 'will definitely be remembered'
- Former minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali passes away
- الافريقي ينعى أحد رموزه السابقين (in Arabic)
- আ’লীগের বর্ষীয়ান রাজনীতিবিদ পীযুষ কান্তি ভট্টাচার্য্য আর নেই (in Bengali)
- Morta Anna Laura Braghetti, l’ex brigatista aveva partecipato al sequestro Moro (in Italian)
- David ‘Chip’ Brightbill, former district attorney & state senate leader, dies at 83
- Larry Ray Caton
- Prof Naresh Dadhich, former director IUCAA, passes away in Beijing
- Paulo Frateschi, ex-deputado do PT, morre após ser esfaqueado pelo filho (in Portuguese)
- Holocaust survivor and educator Manfred Goldberg dies aged 95
- Eddiegul dies at 95
- Astronaut Rick Hauck, who led first flight after Challenger, dies at 84
- Paul Ignatius, Navy secretary at height of Vietnam War, dies at 104 (registration required)
- Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland dies suddenly at age 24
- College Football Hall of Famer, former Central and Alabama star Woodrow Lowe dies
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