Notable deaths of 2025 (28 images)

By Wade Sheridan

Singer Jill Sobule, Pope Francis, game show host Wink Martindale, actor Nicky Katt, former NFL safety Matt Stevens, the first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican Mia Love, heavyweight champion boxer George Foreman, R&B singer Angie Stone, New York Dolls lead singer David Johansen, Oscar award-winning actor Gene Hackman, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Michelle Trachtenberg and "Killing Me Softly" singer Roberta Flack, are among the notable deaths of 2025.

Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule attends the GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 30, 2023. Sobule, the singer-songwriter behind "I Kissed a Girl," "Living Color" and "Supermodel," died at the age of 66 on May 2 from a house fire. Photo by Greg Grudt/UPI

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis tours St. Peter's Square in his popemobile after bestowing the Urbi et Orbi blessing at the end of the Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 20, 2025. Francis died at the age of 88 at his Vatican residence following a long illness on April 21. Photo by Stefano Spaziani/UPI

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Wink Martindale

Wink Martindale (L) and his wife, Sandra, arrive at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles on April 25, 2013. Martindale, a game show host best known for "Tic-Tac Dough" and "Gambit," died at the age of 91 on April 15. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

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Nicky Katt

Left to right, cast members Michael Angarano, Kate Beckinsale, David Gordon Green and Nicky Katt attend the premiere of "Snow Angels" in Los Angeles on February 28, 2008. Katt, best known for his roles in "Boston Public" and "Dazed and Confused," died at the age of 54 on April 13. Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI

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