Overview
- Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home on Dec. 14, and their son Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after the medical examiner ruled both deaths homicides caused by multiple sharp force injuries.
- Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a Sept. 10 event at Utah Valley University, and Tyler James Robinson was arrested and charged in the case.
- Music lost several giants, including Ozzy Osbourne at 76 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease, Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson at 82 from respiratory arrest, Sly Stone at 82 from pulmonary disease, and Roberta Flack at 88 from cardiac arrest.
- Film and television farewells included director David Lynch at 78 after emphysema, Oscar winner Robert Redford at 89 in his sleep, actress Diane Keaton at 79 from pneumonia, and Gene Hackman at 95 from heart disease with advanced Alzheimer’s.
- Beyond entertainment, tributes noted the passing of primatologist Jane Goodall at 91 of natural causes, as well as global figures highlighted in international roundups such as Pope Francis and designer Giorgio Armani.