Take a look at the notable celebrities and newsmakers who have died so far in 2025. These prominent people have made an impact in their fields of sports, public service and the arts.
Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, died Jan. 16, 2025. She was 95. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)
Bob Uecker, who parlayed a forgettable playing career into a punch line for movie and TV appearances as “Mr. Baseball” and a Hall of Fame broadcasting tenure, died Jan. 16, 2025. He was 90. (Karl Gehring/The Denver Post)
David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark and dreamlike vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” died on Jan. 15, 2025, just days before his 79th birthday. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin,’ ” died Jan. 10, 2025. He was 89. (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, died Jan. 7, 2025. He was 86. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, died Jan. 7, 2025. He was 96. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, died Jan. 3, 2025. He was 93. (Kyodo News via AP)
Aubrey Plaza’s husband, screenwriter and director Jeff Baena, was found dead on Jan. 3, 2025, of an apparent suicide at the age of 47. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known for such 1970s teen hits as “One Bad Apple,” “Yo-Yo” and “Down By the Lazy River,” died Jan. 1, 2025. He was 73. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
