Farewell to Legends Remembering the Icons Who Passed in 2025
The entertainment world and its admirers mourned the passing of several notable figures throughout 2025.
During the summer months, we lost personalities including Anne Burrell, Ozzy Osbourne, Hulk Hogan, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and Brandon Blackstock.
In October, famed zoologist Jane Goodall, actress Diane Keaton, Grammy-winning R&B singer D’Angelo, and others passed away. The subsequent month saw the death of Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland at age 24, and Oscar-nominated actress Pauline Collins, who died at 85 after a battle with Parkinson’s.
November commenced with the passing of actress Sally Kirkland, former ABC News correspondent Jim Avila, musician Gary “Mani” Mounfield, and Prince collaborator Jellybean Johnson.
December witnessed the deaths of former So You Think You Can Dance contestant Donyelle Jones, Netflix’s Country Ever After star Criscilla Anderson, and Grammy-nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes. Jeff Garcia, best known for voicing Sheen Estevez in Jimmy Neutron, as well as Pulp Fiction actor Peter Greene and director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, plus General Hospital alum Anthony Geary also died that month.
Scroll down to review all the personalities who passed away in 2025:
