Who Died in December 2025?
Who died in December 2025? Over 1,000 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Juanan López
Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao)
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Denis Kapustin
Russian-born Ukrainian paramilitary leader
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Carlos Anderson
Peruvian politician
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Tom Maentz
American football player and businessman (University of Michigan)
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Mickey Lee
American television personality and event curator
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Robert Smellie
New Zealand High Court judge
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Stu Phillips
Canadian-American country singer
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Annette Dionne
Canadian media personality (Dionne quintuplets)
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
Dalmasri Syam
Indonesian politician
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Kristina Gjerde
American ocean conservationist
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.
American politician
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
Iranian actress (Please Do Not Disturb
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Allen I. Olson
American politician
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Miguel Caviedes
Chilean Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Tony Ocasio
Puertorican singer (Los Chicos)
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Perry Bamonte
English Hall of Fame guitarist (The Cure
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Mohamed Lekkak
Algerian footballer and manager (FC Rouen
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Justus Zeyen
German pianist and accompanist
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Manas Pitisan
National Artist (2012)
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Jean-Louis Gasset
French football manager and player
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Bernard Serrou
French specialist and politician
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Jim Flanigan Sr. American football player dead at age 80
Jim Flanigan Sr., an American football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League and played for the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints,
died on December…
Bill Clarke Canadian politician dead at age 92
William Hillary Clarke, a Canadian chartered accountant, businessman and politician,
died on December 26, 2025, at age 92. Clarke served as a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons…
Don Bryant American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter dead at age 83
Don Bryant, the American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter known for "I Can't Stand the Rain,"
died on December 26, 2025, at age 83. Born Donald Maurice Bryant on…
Stephen Boyden British-Australian scientist and writer dead at age 100
Stephen Boyden, a British-Australian scientist and writer,
died on December 26, 2025. He was a professor emeritus at the Australian National University and was widely recognised for pioneering work in…
Radu F. Alexandru
Romanian playwright
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Aldo Maria Brachetti Peretti
Italian oil industry executive
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Maria Sole Agnelli
Italian businesswoman and politician
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Issam Makhoul
Israeli politician
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Amos Poe
American film director
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Biswa Bandhu Sen
Indian politician
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Ada Balcácer
Dominican multimedia visual artist
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Dado Banatao
Filipino tech entrepreneur and engineer
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Yuriy Sadovenko
Russian army officer
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Adam the Woo
American YouTuber
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Daniel Huillier
French ice hockey player (Ours de Villard-de-Lans
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Kiriko Nananan
Japanese manga artist (Blue
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Kim Chang-son
North Korean politician
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Mart-Olav Niklus
Estonian politician
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Cláudio Mortari
Brazilian basketball player and coach
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Abdul Mukti Keliobas
Indonesian politician
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Teuda Bara
Brazilian actress (O Contador de Histórias
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Robert Lindsey
American author (The Falcon and the Snowman
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Gathie Falk
Canadian painter and sculptor
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Manjula Sood
Indian-born British politician
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Larry J. Edgell
American politician
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Howie Klein
American record label executive (Sire Records
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Daniel Walker Howe American historian dead at age 88
Daniel Walker Howe, an American historian who specialized in the early national period of U.S. history,
died on December 25, 2025. He focused particularly on the period’s intellectual and religious…
Warwick Gould Australian-born British literary scholar dead at age 78
Warwick Gould, an Australian-born British literary scholar,
died on December 25, 2025. Born in Sydney in 1947, he specialized in the Irish Literary Revival, particularly the writings of W. B.…
Frank Craighill Sports agent dead at age 86
Frank Craighill, an American sports agent and founding partner of the sports marketing firm ProServ,
died on December 25, 2025, at the age of 86. ProServ was created in 1970…
Steve Baer American political activist dead at age 66
Steven Paul Baer, an American conservative political activist and investor,
died on December 25, 2025. He was known for his role in Republican politics and for challenging Illinois Secretary of…
Andrew Arbuckle Scottish journalist and politician, MSP dead at age 81
Andrew Arbuckle, Scottish journalist and politician who served as an MSP for the Mid Scotland and Fife region,
died on December 25, 2025, aged 81. Andrew David Arbuckle MBE was…
David Rosen American businessman, co-founder of Sega dead at age 95
David M. Rosen, an American businessman and co-founder of Sega,
died on December 25, 2025, at age 95. Born on January 22, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, he served in…
John Robertson Scottish footballer dead at age 72
John Robertson, the Scottish footballer who played as a left winger for Nottingham Forest, Derby County and the Scotland national team,
died on December 25, 2025. He was a key…
Robert Mosci American jazz musician and pianist dead at age 72
Robert Mosci, an American jazz musician and pianist,
died on December 25, 2025. Also a singer and songwriter, he was known for his long-standing performances at New York City piano…
Ray Lamb American baseball player dead at age 80
Ray Lamb, an American baseball player who pitched for the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Dodgers,
died on December 25, 2025. Raymond Richard Lamb was a former Major League…
Geeske Krol-Benedictus Dutch politician and Frisian cultural advocate, member of the Provincial Cou…
Geeske Krol-Benedictus, a Dutch politician and Frisian cultural advocate who served on the Provincial Council of Friesland from 1978 to 1995,
died on December 25, 2025. She was a member…
Marc Rivière
French film director (The Year of the Hare
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Nick Bolkus
Australian politician
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Imani Dia Smith
American Broadway actress
Died on Thursday December 25th 2025
Zeferino Peña Cuéllar
Mexican drug lord
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Tarek Al-Amir
Egyptian actor and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Sylva Akrita
Greek politician and political activist
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
George Cowden
American politician
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Roberto Buitrago
Colombian road racing cyclist
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Tomáš Vrána
Czech lawyer and judicial officer
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Iurie Mahovici
Moldovan composer and pianist
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Zhai Junjie
Chinese film director
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Neil Frank
American meteorologist (KHOU)
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Mohammad Bakri
Palestinian film director (Jenin
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Richard Cramb
Scottish rugby union player (national team)
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
David Young American-British lawyer and academic, heart failure dead at age 89
David Reginald Young, an American-British lawyer and academic,
died on December 24, 2025, in Oxford, England, at the age of 89. He served as a Special Assistant at the National…
M. Ravi Singaporean human rights activist dead at age 56
M. Ravi, a Singaporean human rights lawyer and activist,
died on December 24, 2025, aged 56. Born Ravi Madasamy on April 9, 1969, in Singapore, he qualified and practised law…
Uichiro Niwa Japanese businessman and diplomat, ambassador to China dead at age 86
Uichiro Niwa, a Japanese businessman and diplomat who served as ambassador to China from 2010 to 2012,
died on December 24, 2025, at the age of 86. Born in Nagoya,…
Vincent Lardo Novelist dead at age 94
Vincent Lardo, an American novelist,
died on December 24, 2025, at the age of 94. Vincent A. Lardo was born in the Bronx on February 17, 1931. He attended Evander…
Carmen A. Kasperbauer Nurse, politician dead at age 90
Carmen A. Kasperbauer, a Guamanian nurse and politician who served as a Republican senator in the Guam Legislature from 1979 to 1983,
died on December 24, 2025. Born in Guam…
Isaiah Jackson American conductor dead at age 80
Isaiah Jackson, an American conductor and academic teacher,
died on December 24, 2025, at age 80. He was music director of the Royal Ballet in London from 1987 to 1990…
Michael J. Flynn Flynn’s taxonomy dead at age 91
Michael J. Flynn, an American computer scientist and professor emeritus at Stanford University,
died on December 24, 2025, at the age of 91. Born in Jamaica, New York, Flynn attended…
Ken White
English muralist and illustrator
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Brian Hlongwa
South African politician
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Surupsingh Hirya Naik
Indian politician
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Orville Smidt
American politician
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
M Ravi
Singaporean human rights activist
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Claire Ortiz Hill
American scholar and translator
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Howard Tucker
American neurologist
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Jimmy Miller
Scottish footballer (Greenock Morton
Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Francesc Nel·lo
Catalan playwright and theatre director
Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025