Overview
- Published Dec. 30, the roundup lists dozens of prominent deaths across entertainment, music, science and media in 2025.
- Filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found stabbed on Dec. 14 in Brentwood, with their son Nick charged in the killings.
- Podcaster and author Charlie Kirk was shot on Sept. 10 at a Turning Point USA event in Utah, with Tyler James Robinson arrested and charged.
- Late-December losses included actor James Ransone, who died by suicide on Dec. 19, and French icon Brigitte Bardot, who died at 91 on Dec. 28.
- Other major passings noted include Robert Redford at 89 in September, Ozzy Osbourne at 76 in July after Parkinson's, Jane Goodall at 91 in October, and a trio of General Hospital veterans—Leslie Charleson, Tristan Rogers and Anthony Geary.