Those We Lost In 2025 part 1of2

It seems to me that there was a larger than normal number of notable people who died in 2025. People Magazine puts the number at 294. This list is just a cross-section of personalities from various professions, chronological from most recent to earliest.

Tatiana Schlossberg

Born May 5, 1990 | Died December 30, 2025

Granddaughter of John F. Kennedy. An American environmental journalist and author, she was a Science and Climate reporter for the New York Times. She died of cancer at age 35.

Rob Reiner

Born March 6, 1947 | Died Dec. 14, 2025

Iconic Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner followed his legendary father, Carl Reiner, into a television and film career and made a name of his own. Reiner started his career in television in small parts before landing the role of Michael 'Meathead' Stivic on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy wins and several other nominations. Reiner's directing debut came with This is... Spinal Tap. He soon followed with Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and A Few Good Men among many other hit movies. He was 78.

Frank Gehry

Born Feb. 28, 1929 | Died Dec. 5, 2025

Renowned architect Frank Gehry designed some of the most famous buildings in the world, including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the DZ Bank Building in Berlin, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Dancing House in Prague. He taught architecture at Yale, Columbia, and USC. Gehry was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 1990. He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1989, the National Medal of Arts in 1998 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. Frank Gehry died on Dec. 5, at the age of 96.

Dick Cheney

Born Jan. 30, 1941 | Died Nov. 3, 2025

Dick Cheney began his meteoric rise in politics in 1969, serving as a Senate intern and then working for Donald Rumsfeld, advisor to President Nixon. Cheney served on the transition team in 1975 when Nixon resigned and Gerald Ford became President. Cheney was President Ford's Chief of Staff. Cheney then served as the Wyoming Representative in Congress for six terms. President George H.W. Bush named him Secretary of Defense in 1989. In 2000 he was elected Vice President under President George W. Bush, and served two terms. Cheney died at his home following a battle with pneumonia. He was 84.

Nick Mangold

Born Jan. 13, 1984 | Died Oct. 25, 2025

Nick Mangold played football at Ohio State University from 2002 to 2005, becoming an All-Star, before being drafted by the New York Jets in 2006. He was the first center from Ohio State to be drafted in the NFL's first round. Mangold played 11 seasons with the Jets, from 2006 to 2016, playing in the Pro Bowl seven times. He was released by the team in 2017. He was inducted into the New York Jets Ring of Honor in 2022. He was also selected to go into the next round of voting for the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame. Mangold died on Oct. 25, at the age of 41.

Diane Keaton

Born Jan. 5, 1946 | Died Oct. 11, 2025

Diane Keaton made her stage debut in the Broadway musical Hair in 1968. The following year, she earned a Tony nomination for her performance in Play it Again, Sam. Her breakout role was in 1972 as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather. Keaton won an Academy Award for best actress for 1977's Annie Hall. More recent movies of hers include Father of the Bride and First Wives Club. In 2004, she won a Golden Globe for the movie Something's Gotta Give. Keaton received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 2017. She died at the age of 79.

Jane Goodall

Born April 3, 1934 | Died Oct. 1, 2025

Famed primatologist Jane Goodall dedicated her life to scientific research and advocating for environmental protections for the natural world. She began her career studying chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park and would spend over 60 years studying primate behavior. Goodall was awarded numerous accolades for her work including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She died at age 91.

Robert Redford

Born Aug. 18, 1936 | Died Sept. 16, 2025

Robert Redford was an Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker, the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, and an environmental and political activist. His breakout role was in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, followed by leads in The Sting, The Way We Were, All the President's Men, Out of Africa, and The Natural. As a director, he won multiple awards, including an Academy Award for Ordinary People and an honorary Academy Award in 2002. In 2016, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Redford died at his home at age 89.

Giorgio Armani

Born July 11, 1934 | Died Sept. 4, 2025

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani is considered the forefather of red-carpet fashion with his ready-to-wear looks. His belief in cinema and fashion going hand-in-hand led to him designing and making the costumes for the film American Gigolo, in particular for Richard Gere's character, and leading to a long partnership with the film industry. He designed and made costumes for over 100 films. Starting his career at Cerruti 1881, he opened his own fashion house in 1975, and would later expand it into music, sports, luxury hotels and jewelry.

Graham Greene

Born June 22, 1952 | Died Sept. 1, 2025

Graham Greene was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Kicking Bird in Dances with Wolves. The trailblazing Indigenous actor began his career with the 1979 Canadian drama series The Great Detective and 1983 film Running Brave. Greene also starred as Arlen Bitterbuck in the 1999 Tom Hanks film, The Green Mile. He died at the age of 73.

Jim Lovell

Born March 25, 1928 | Died Aug. 7, 2025

NASA's Captain Jim Lovell was selected to be an astronaut in 1962. Lovell flew on the Gemini 7 mission in 1965, and the Gemini 12 mission in 1966. On the Apollo 8 mission, Lovell served as command module pilot and navigator, and he served as the spacecraft commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Lovell as a consultant for physical fitness and sports, and President Richard Nixon assigned him the role of chairman of the Physical Fitness Council. President Bill Clinton awarded Lovell with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1995.

Loni Anderson

Born Aug. 5, 1945 | Died Aug. 3, 2025

Loni Anderson was best known for playing Jennifer Marlowe in the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati, which ran from 1978 to 1982. She received three Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy Award nominations for that role. She had roles on Easy Street, which ran from 1986-1987, and Nurses, which ran from 1991-1994. She also appeared in the movies Stroker Ace, All Dogs Go To Heaven and A Night At The Roxbury. She died at the age of 79.

Hulk Hogan

Born Aug. 11, 1953 | Died July 24, 2025

Hulk Hogan, born Terry Gene Bollea, was one of the most popular pro wrestlers of all time. He began his professional wrestling career in 1977. A multiple world heavyweight champion, Hogan helped popularize the sport and WWE. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 as an individual performer and again in 2020 as a member of the NWO. He appeared on TV shows such as Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He also appeared in the movies Rocky III and Mr. Nanny. He died at the age of 71.

Check back next week for a look at part 2 of 2 of this cross-section abbreviated list of those we lost in 2025.