Throughout 2025 a long list of widely known figures from the arts, politics, science and sport died, including Pope Francis, Robert Redford, Diane Keaton, Dick Cheney, Brian Wilson, Gene Hackman, Ozzy Osbourne, Jane Goodall, Roberta Flack, George Foreman, Tom Stoppard, Frank Gehry and Rob Reiner.
The year’s losses spanned
