Overview
- New roundups published on December 31 by DerWesten, tz.de, TAG24 and Kurierverlag, with ZDF’s retrospective airing December 30, consolidate a year of high-profile deaths.
- Hollywood mainstays Robert Redford, 89, in September, and Gene Hackman, 95, in February, headline the lists, with Pope Francis and fashion icon Giorgio Armani also remembered in year-end tributes.
- July brought a concentrated series of losses, including Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan reported dead within days and Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s drowning in Costa Rica, as noted by Promiflash and reflected in broader compilations.
- Sports obituaries emphasize tragedies such as Laura Dahlmeier’s mountaineering death in Pakistan and Felix Baumgartner’s fatal flight accident in July, plus late-year cases including Sebastian Hertner’s ski-lift fall and Sivert Bakken’s death with the cause still unconfirmed.
- Regional coverage highlights Hamburg personalities who died in 2025, including Carlo von Tiedemann, Hans-Peter Korff, Nadja Abd el Farrag and Wanda Perdelwitz, underscoring local resonance within the national farewell.