Overview
- French outlets Europe 1 and La Dépêche issued year-end roundups that enumerate roughly 129 prominent figures who died in 2025.
- Brigitte Bardot died on December 28 at age 91 in her Saint-Tropez home, the most recent high-profile death cited in the lists.
- Pope Francis died on April 21, aged 88, with his passing noted as one of the year’s globally consequential losses.
- Unexpected deaths included French rapper Werenoi, who died on May 17 at 31, and Portugal international Diogo Jota, who died in a July 3 car crash alongside his brother at 28.
- The retrospectives also mark the deaths of David Lynch (January 15, 78), Thierry Ardisson (July 14, 76), Ozzy Osbourne (July 22, 76), Giorgio Armani (September 4, 91) and Robert Redford (September 16, 89).