Notable deaths of 2025

A point of order, Loni Anderson was clearly an “actress”, not an actor.

Lehrer was a very funny guy.

Thank you.

Lehrer was a very funny guy.

... some say.

Hello! Alfred Brendel. He was a greater gift to this world than all of these Fakaktas combined.

Also, Ozzie Osbourne died.

Hollywood writers have deemed the word ‘actress’ is now verboten and sexist. They are all ‘actors’ now...........................

New Math is funny. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park was sick humor, but good. His non-political songs are quite funny.

Actor is non-gendered

When he was popular, I memorized just about all of his songs, piano and voice, and played and sang them at parties.

Then I got some sense.

The man was an arrogant commie prick.

General Hospital alumni who passed this year. These were five of the more prominent characters on the soap over the years, and played by these actors long term (decades).

Leslie Charleson “Monica Quartermaine”
Denise Alexander “Lesley Webber”
Chris Robinson “Rick Webber”
Tristan Rogers “Robert Scorpio”
Anthony Geary “Luke Spencer”

This was attached to an article about notable people who died in 2025.

Pope Francis, 88 years old
The Aga Khan, 88
Jane Goodall, 91
Jim Lovell, 97
James Watson, 97
Robert Redford, 89
Diane Keaton, 79
Gene Hackman, 95
David Lynch, 78
Claudia Cardinale, 87
Val Kilmer, 65
Terence Stamp, 87
Rob Reiner, 78
George Foreman, 76
Hulk Hogan, 71
Diogo Jota, 28
Nicola Pietrangeli, 92
Tom Stoppard, 88
Mario Vargas Llosa, 89
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, 87
Frederick Forsyth, 86
Jilly Cooper, 88
Ozzy Osbourne, 76
Brian Wilson, 82
Roberta Flack, 88
Jimmy Cliff, 81
Ornella Vanoni, 91
Sly Stone, 82
D’Angelo, 51
Marianne Faithfull, 78
Alan Bergman, 99
Giorgio Armani, 91
Eddie Jordan, 76
Frederick Smith, 80
Hussam al-Masri, 49
Anthony Grey, 87
Ruth Weiss, 101
Dick Cheney, 84
Charlie Kirk, 31
Jean-Marie Le Pen, 96
Muhammadu Buhari, 82
Raila Odinga, 80
Sam Nujoma, 95
Tomiichi Murayama, 101
Jose Mujica, 89
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, 95
Ion Iliescu, 95
Sebastião Salgado, 81
Oliviero Toscani, 82
Frank Gehry, 96
Virginia Giuffre, 41
Stella Rimington, 90
Jimmy Swaggart, 90
Felix Baumgartner, 56
Ace Frehley, 74 – Lead guitarist of band Kiss
Amadou Bagayoko, 70 – Malian singer of duo Amadou & Mariam
Angie Stone, 63 – U.S. soul singer-songwriter
Assata Shakur, 78 – Black Liberation Army activist convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper
Barbie Hsu, 48 – Taiwanese actor
Bernie Kerik, 69 – New York City’s 9/11 police chief later found guilty of tax evasion
Bill Moyers, 91 – Broadcaster and former White House press secretary
Boris Spassky, 88 – Russian chess champion
Charles Rangel, 94 – U.S. politician and a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus
Chen Ning Yang, 103 – Chinese theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
Chuck Mangione, 84 – U.S. flugelhorn player known for hit “Feels So Good”
Cleo Laine, 97 – British jazz singer
Clint Hill, 93 – Secret Service agent who sought to save mortally wounded U.S. President John F. Kennedy
Connie Francis, 87 – U.S. singer who topped the charts in the 1950s and 1960s
Daniel Naroditsky, 29 – U.S. chess grandmaster
David Johansen, 75 – Lead singer of band The New York Dolls
David ‘Syd’ Lawrence, 61 – The first British-born Black cricketer to represent England
Diane Ladd, 89 – U.S. actor
Dickie Bird, 92 – British cricket umpire
Eddie Palmieri, 88 – Latin jazz pianist and composer
Edgar Lungu, 68 – Former president of Zambia
Edwin Feulner, 83 – Founder and longtime president of U.S. conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation
Emilie Dequenne, 43 – Belgian actor
Etienne-Emile Baulieu, 96 – French inventor of the abortion pill
Garth Hudson, 87 – Keyboardist of rock group The Band
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, 63 – Bassist of band The Stone Roses
George Wendt, 76 – Actor who played Norm Peterson on “Cheers”
Gerald Connolly, 75 – U.S. politician
Gerry Spence, 96 – U.S. lawyer and author
Gopichand Hinduja, 85 – Billionaire businessman
Graham Greene, 73 – Canadian Indigenous actor
Hans-Jörg Rudloff, 85 – Influential banker known as “the king of the Euromarkets”
Hazel Nell Dukes, 92 – Former president of U.S. civil rights group NAACP
Hermeto Pascoal, 89 – Brazilian composer known as “The Sorcerer”
Horst Köhler, 81 – Former president of Germany
Horst Mahler, 89 – German lawyer and political activist
James Dobson, 89 – U.S. evangelical activist
Jim Bolger, 90 – Former prime minister of New Zealand
Jim Irsay, 65 – Owner of football team Indianapolis Colts
Joan Bennett Kennedy, 89 – Model, concert pianist and sister-in-law of John F. Kennedy
Jochen Mass, 78 – German F1 racer and Le Mans winner
Jorge Costa, 53 – Former captain of Porto soccer team
Juan Ponce Enrile, 101 – Philippine former defence secretary and presidential legal counsel
Julian McMahon, 56 – Australian actor in “Charmed” and “Nip/Tuck”
June Lockhart, 100 – U.S. actor who played Ruth Martin on “Lassie”
Katharine Worsley, 92 – Britain’s Duchess of Kent known for her Wimbledon link
Kim Yong Nam, 97 – North Korea’s former ceremonial head of state
Lalo Schifrin, 93 – Argentine composer of “Mission: Impossible” theme
Lee Shau Kee, 97 – Hong Kong property magnate
Leonard Lauder, 92 – Art collector and billionaire heir to Estée Lauder
Loni Anderson, 79 – U.S. actor in sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati”
Loretta Swit, 87 – U.S. actor who played “Hot Lips” Houlihan on “M*A*S*H”
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 54 – U.S. actor who played Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show”
Manuel ‘Manolo el del Bombo’ Caceres, 76 – Drum-pounding Spanish soccer superfan
Marian Turski, 98 – Holocaust survivor and journalist
Martin Parr, 73 – British photographer
Mauricio Funes, 65 – Former president of El Salvador
Michael Madsen, 67 – U.S. actor in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill: Volume 2”
Michelle Trachtenberg, 39 – U.S. actor who played Buffy’s sister on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Miguel Uribe, 39 – Colombian senator and presidential hopeful
Paige Greco, 28 – Australian Paralympics gold medallist
Peter Yarrow, 86 – U.S. singer in folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary
Pinto da Costa, 87 – Longtime president of Porto soccer club
Prunella Scales, 93 – British actor who played Sybil Fawlty on “Fawlty Towers”
Richard Chamberlain, 90 – U.S. actor and singer
Rick Buckler, 69 – Drummer of band The Jam
Rick Davies, 81 – Frontman of band Supertramp
Ricky Hatton, 46 – British boxer
Russell Nelson, 101 – President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Sam Rivers, 48 – Bassist of band Limp Bizkit
Sirikit, 93 – Thailand’s Queen Mother and wife of the country’s longest-reigning monarch
Sophie Kinsella, 55 – British author of bestselling “Shopaholic” novels
Steve Cropper, 84 – U.S. guitarist
Sylvester Turner, 70 – U.S. politician and lawyer
Theodor Pištěk, 93 – Czech costume designer on film “Amadeus”
Tom Lehrer, 97 – U.S. musical satirist
Tom Robbins, 92 – U.S. novelist
Udo Kier, 81 – German actor
Wink Martindale, 91 – U.S. game show host
Xu Qiliang, 75 – Top Chinese general
Yuri Grigorovich, 98 – Russian ballet choreographer
Ziad Rahbani, 69 – Lebanese composer and musician
Zurab Tsereteli, 91 – Georgian sculptor

Note the high percentage of people in the arts, and sports. Or people who were in the higher echelons of “office”.
Basically those who are visible to the public eye.
Which is why the list is generated.
Sic transit gloria mundi. One and done. They now join the throngs of peoples who have gone before them.

So many died in one year?

Did they know the truth about the Kennedy assassination or about the Clintons?

No Bridgette Bardot?

She was pretty iconic.

Many sources now call females and males actors.

Did they know the truth about the Kennedy assassination or about the Clintons?
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Ha! I don’t think so. They were all in their late 70s or 80s.

Yeah, I need to stop screwing around and do something famous so I can make the list.

If you open the Reuters link, he’s included.

Knowing Tom Lehrer I’m sure he would ‘be prepared’.