Hollywood’s Most Notable Deaths of 2025

Hollywood’s Most Notable Deaths of 2025

The entertainment industry is already mourning the loss of several actors, singers, performers, creatives, executives and all-around industry legends this year.

The Hollywood Reporter is highlighting some of the most well-known names who have died in 2025, including Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Val Kilmer, Gene Hackman, Michelle Trachtenberg, Ozzy Osbourne, David Lynch, Brian Wilson, Irv Gotti and Jeff Baena.

Keaton, an industry icon and Oscar winner who starred in Annie Hall, three Godfather films, Something’s Gotta Give, Reds, Marvin’s Room, two Book Club movies and two Father of the Bride films, died at 79 in California.

Redford, the legendary Oscar-winning actor who founded the Sundance Film Festival and starred in movies as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and All the President’s Men, died at 89 at his home outside Provo, Utah.

Kilmer, who won praise for memorable roles as Iceman in Top Gun, Doc Holliday in Tombstone and Batman in Batman Forever, died at age 65 of pneumonia in Los Angeles, his daughter, actress Mercedes Kilmer announced.

Hackman, the much-admired two-time Oscar winner and his second wife, Betsy Hackman, 64, were found dead in February at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The actor died of severe cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributory factor, officials later announced.

Trachtenberg, who started her career as a child performer before rising to fame for her roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl, died in February at age 39.

Osbourne, the pioneering heavy metal singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s with Black Sabbath before establishing a successful solo career and playing himself on reality TV, died at 76.

Lynch, the writer-director known for his films and TV series including Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, died in January at age 78. Last year he revealed that he was suffering from emphysema after many years of smoking and couldn’t leave the house over fears of getting COVID-19.

Wilson, a founding member of The Beach Boys who wrote such timeless classics as “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “In My Room,” “God Only Knows,” “Caroline, No,” “California Girls,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “Good Vibrations,” died at age 82.

Gotti, a record executive, music producer and entrepreneur who founded of Murder Inc. Records, died in February at age 54.

Baena, an indie film director and writer who was married to actress Aubrey Plaza, died in January at age 47 by suicide, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. “This is an unimaginable tragedy,” Plaza shared in a statement at the time. “We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. Please respect our privacy during this time.” 

Below are more of this year’s most notable deaths in Hollywood, and check out THR‘s obituaries page for other 2025 industry deaths, as well as last year’s entertainment deaths here.

June 29, 1977 – Jan. 3, 2025
Jeff Baena, an indie film director and writer and Aubrey Plaza‘s husband, died on Jan. 3. He was 47. The filmmaker died by suicide on Friday in his Los Angeles home, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Read his full obituary here.

Oct. 12, 1935 – Jan. 10, 2025
Sam Moore, who with partner Dave Prater helped bring the sound of the church to pop music with a string of call-and-response hits as the high tenor in the famed Stax Records duo Sam & Dave, died on Jan. 10. He was 89. Full obituary here.

Jan. 20, 1946 – Jan. 16, 2025
David Lynch, the writer-director whose films and TV series including Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks portrayed a seemingly bucolic America, only to reveal it as teeming with the mysterious and macabre, died on Jan. 16. He was 78. Read his obituary.

Oct. 28, 1929 – Jan. 16, 2025
Joan Plowright, the distinguished actress of the post-war British stage whose considerable skill as a performer was at times eclipsed by her fame as the third and last wife of Laurence Olivier, died on Jan. 16. She was 95. Full obituary here.

June 26, 1970 – Feb. 5, 2025
Irv Gotti, a noted record executive, music producer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has died, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed. He was 54. Full obituary.

Oct. 11, 1985 – Feb. 26, 2025
Michelle Trachtenberg, the veteran actress who started as a child performer with high-profile roles like the title character in Harriet the Spy before finding success on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl, died on Feb. 26. She was 39. Read her obituary here.

Jan. 30, 1930 – February 2025
Gene Hackman, the versatile leading man renowned for his smoldering performance as hard-nosed New York City narc Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in The French Connection, has died. He was 95. The much-admired two-time Oscar winner and his second wife, Betsy Arakawa, 64, were found dead Feb. 26 at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Read full obituary here.

Dec. 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025
Val Kilmer, the charisma-oozing leading man who lost himself portraying such tormented, self-loathing characters as Jim Morrison, gunslinger Doc Holliday and Batman during his all-too-brief career, died on April 1 of pneumonia. He was 65. Full obituary here.

March 5, 1940 – April 11, 2025
Don Mischer, the Emmy-accumulating director-producer who called the shots on the biggest live entertainment events in the world, from Super Bowl halftime shows and Olympic opening ceremonies to the Oscars and the Emmys, died on April 11. He was 85. Full obituary here.

Oct. 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025
George Wendt, who bellied up to the bar to portray the beer-quaffing everyman Norm Peterson for all 11 seasons of the fabled NBC sitcom Cheers, died on May 20. He was 76. Read his obituary.

March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025
Sly Stone, who took audiences higher during memorable performances at Woodstock and the Fillmore West, but whose career was plagued by drug problems and periodic disappearances, died on June 9. He was 82. Full obituary here.

June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025
Brian Wilson, whose “teenage symphonies to God” made him the poet laureate of adolescent heartbreak as a founding member of The Beach Boys, died on June 11. He was 82. Read his obituary.

Sept. 21, 1969– June 17, 2025
Anne Burrell, the Food Network darling and Worst Cooks in America host, died on June 17 in her New York home, her family announced. She was 55. Full obituary.

Sept. 25, 1957– July 3, 2025
Michael Madsen, the rough-and-tumble actor best known for his work in the Quentin Tarantino films Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2, The Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, died on July 3. He was 67. Read his full obituary here.

July 27, 1968 – July 2, 2025
Julian McMahon, the Australian actor known for his roles in Nip/Tuck and two Fantastic Four movies from 2005 and 2007, died on July 2 after a battle with cancer. He was 56. Full obituary here.

Sept. 11, 1925 – July 17, 2025
Alan Bergman, the three-time Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with his late wife, Marilyn Bergman, to form one of the most celebrated writing duos in the history of movie music, died on July 17. He was 99. Read his obituary.

Dec. 3, 1948 – July 22, 2025
Ozzy Osbourne, the pioneering heavy metal singer who rose to prominence in the early ‘70s with Black Sabbath before establishing a successful solo career and playing himself on reality TV, died on July 22. He was 76. Full obituary here.

Aug. 11, 1953 – July 24, 2025
Hulk Hogan, the blond and boisterous body-slammer who brought pro wrestling into the mainstream in the 1980s while becoming one of the most recognizable celebrities of his generation, died on July 24. He was 71. Read his obituary.

Dec. 16, 1976 – Aug. 7, 2025
Talent manager and Kelly Clarkson‘s ex-husband Brandon Blackstock died on Aug. 7 after a battle with cancer. He was 48. Read his obituary.

July 22, 1938 – Aug. 17, 2025
Terence Stamp, the strikingly handsome British actor who embodied the swinging sixties and whose versatility shone in Billy Budd, Superman and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, died on Aug. 17, his family told The New York Times. He was 87. Full obituary here.

Nov. 24, 1936 – Aug. 20, 2025
Frank Caprio, the colorful municipal judge who presided over cases in his Rhode Island courtroom on Caught in Providence, died on Aug. 20. He was 88. Read his obituary.

Feb. 4, 1929 – Aug. 23, 2025
Jerry Adler, the behind-the-scenes Broadway veteran who served as the stage manager on the original My Fair Lady before acting on such shows as The Sopranos, The Good Wife and Rescue Me, died on Aug. 23 in New York City, a publicist said. He was 96. Read his full obituary.

July 11, 1934 – Sept. 4, 2025
Italian designer Giorgio Armani, who co-founded his namesake company in 1975 and became synonymous with the power suit, has died at the age of 91. The Armani Group announced that the global fashion icon died at his home in Milan on Sept. 4. Full obituary here.

Oct. 14, 1993 – Sept. 10, 2025
Charlie Kirk, the MAGA activist who built a small conservative student group into America First — one of the most influential forces in Republican politics — died on Sept. 10 in Utah County, Utah, on the campus of Utah Valley University. He was 31. Full obituary here.

Aug. 18, 1936 – Sept. 16, 2025
Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy and Sundance Film Festival founder who starred in such movies as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and All the President’s Men — and who won an Academy Award for directing Ordinary People — died on Sept. 16. He was 89. Read his full obituary here.

April 3, 1934 – Oct. 1, 2025
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, died on Oct. 1. She was 91. Full obituary.

Jan. 5, 1946 – Oct. 11, 2025
Diane Keaton, who sparkled in her Oscar-winning turn as the titular quirky woman in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall and portrayed the outsider Kay Adams-Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s three Godfather films, died on Oct. 11. She was 79. Read her obituary here.

1974 – Oct. 14, 2025
D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B icon who helped launch neo soul in the ’90s, died on Oct. 14 after a battle with cancer, his family announced. He was 51. Full obituary.