Take a look at the notable celebrities and newsmakers who have died so far in 2025. These prominent people have made an impact in their fields of sports, public service and the arts.
Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, died Jan. 7, 2025. He was 86. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, died Jan. 7, 2025. He was 96. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, died Jan. 3, 2025. He was 93. (Kyodo News via AP)
Aubrey Plaza’s husband, screenwriter and director Jeff Baena, was found dead on Jan. 3, 2025, of an apparent suicide at the age of 47. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known for such 1970s teen hits as “One Bad Apple,” “Yo-Yo” and “Down By the Lazy River,” died Jan. 1, 2025. He was 73. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)