Deaths in 2025

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 worth noting.

Criteria

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 and his or her cause of death – if known – and a source for verification.

January

3

• Dame Tariana Turia, 80, New Zealand politician, MP (1996–2014) and minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector (2003–2004, 2008–2011), stroke.

2

• Jytte Abildstrøm, 90, Danish actress (Helle for Helene, Don Olsen kommer til byen, The Adventures of Picasso), kidney disease.

1

• Meine Breemhaar, 64, Dutch businessman and sports official, president of PEC Zwolle (2020-2025).
• Leo Dan, 82, Argentine singer, composer and actor (Story of a Poor Young Man, Cómo te extraño).
• Nora Orlandi, 91, Italian musician and film composer (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, Johnny Yuma, Clint the Stranger).
• Wayne Osmond, 73, American singer (The Osmonds) and songwriter ("Crazy Horses", "Let Me In"), stroke.

Other websites

• 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