Those We Lost In 2025 part 2of2

Continuing from last week's part 1of2, here is the rest of the abbreviated list of those we lost in 2025.

Chuck Mangione

Born Nov. 29, 1940 | Died July 22, 2025

Jazz musician Chuck Mangione more than 30 albums over the course of his career. Playing the trumpet and the flugelhorn, Mangione won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition in 1977, and won another Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1979. His 1977 album Feels So Good hit No. 2 on the Billboard chart. In 2012, he was inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame.

Ozzy Osbourne

Born Dec. 3, 1948 | Died July 22, 2025

Born John Michael Osbourne in 1948, Ozzy Osbourne formed a band in 1968 that became Black Sabbath. Their 1970 self-titled debut album reached the U.K. Top 10 and their next album, Paranoid, topped the U.K. charts. Osbourne later released a solo album in 1980, Blizzard of Oz. The Emmy winning reality TV show, The Osbournes, ran from 2002 to 2005 on MTV. Osbourne was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005, and that same year Black Sabbath was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He died on July 22 at the age of 76.

Bill Moyers

Born June 5, 1934 | Died June 26, 2025

In 1954, Bill Moyers worked as a summer intern for then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson, later serving as President Johnson's press secretary from 1965-1967. After serving as publisher of Newsday from 1967-1970, Moyers went on to a storied career in TV journalism, working for both PBS and CBS News. He worked on such TV shows as Bill Moyers' Journal and Moyers & Company. Over the course of his career, Moyers won 11 Peabody Awards and over 30 Emmy Awards. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995. He died at the age of 91.

Brian Wilson

Born June 20, 1942 | Died June 11, 2025

Brian Wilson was one of the members of the seminal rock group The Beach Boys, which released their first single, Surfin', in 1961. They signed with Capitol Records in 1962 and went on to record such iconic hits as Surfin' Safari, Surfin' USA, and Good Vibrations. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, the same year they released the #1 hit Kokomo. In 1990, Wilson's autobiography, Wouldn't It Be Nice, was released. Wilson received a Kennedy Center honor in 2007. In 2014, Love and Mercy, a movie about his life, premiered. He died at the age of 82.

Loretta Swit

Born Nov. 4, 1937 | Died May 30, 2025

Loretta Swit began her TV career in the early 1970s, appearing in such shows as Mannix and Hawaii Five-0. She is best known for playing Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on the hit TV show MASH, which aired from 1972 to 1983. For that role, she won an Emmy Award in 1980 and another in 1982. Swit won a People's Choice Award in 1983 for favorite female TV performer. She made her Broadway debut in 1975 in Same Time Next Year. She also appeared on Broadway in The Mystery of Edwin Drood in 1986. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. She died at the age of 87.

George Wendt

Born Oct. 17, 1948 | Died May 20, 2025

George Wendt got his start in the 1970s in the famed Chicago improv group Second City. He's best known for his portrayal of Norm Peterson in all 11 seasons of the classic TV sitcom Cheers from 1982 to 1993, earning six Emmy nominations for the role. Wendt made his Broadway debut in 1998 in the comedy Art and went on to play Edna Turnblad on Broadway in the musical Hairspray in 2007-2008. He died at age 76.

Pope Francis

Born Dec. 17, 1936 | Died April 21, 2025

Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is well known for his devotion to the poor and his progressive views. Bergoglio joined the Society of Jesus in 1958. He was named the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was named a cardinal in 2001. In 2013 he was elected pope, becoming the first Jesuit pope in nearly 500 years.

Val Kilmer

Born Dec. 31, 1959 | Died April 1, 2025

Val Kilmer rose to fame in the 1980's, starring in such hit movies as Top Gun and Willow. In 2012, Kilmer was nominated for a Grammy Award for best spoken word album for The Mark of Zorro. A documentary about his life, titled Val, premiered in 2021. More recently, Kilmer appeared in the 2022 movie Top Gun: Maverick, reprising his role as Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky. Val Kilmer died at the age of 65.

George Foreman

Born Jan. 10, 1949 | Died March 21, 2025

George Foreman won an Olympic gold medal in boxing in 1968 at age 19. In 1973 he won his first world heavyweight championship. The 1974 bout in Zaire against Muhammad Ali, called the Rumble In The Jungle, is one of boxing's most famous matches. Foreman won his second heavyweight championship in 1994 when he was 45. He retired from boxing in 1997. Foreman also became an ordained preacher and, in 1994, he began selling his hugely successful George Foreman Grill. In 2003, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. George Foreman died at the age of 76.

Gene Hackman

Born Jan. 30, 1930 | Died Feb. 26, 2025

Gene Hackman is one of Hollywood's most acclaimed, prolific actors. He's won numerous awards including two Academy Awards and four Golden Globes. Hackman has played numerous characters, from an ex-spy to a beloved basketball coach to Lex Luthor. With each role, he brought his unique charisma to the screen and left lasting impressions with his audiences. He died at the age of 95.

Roberta Flack

Born Feb. 10, 1937 | Died Feb. 24, 2025

Legendary singer Roberta Flack, the piano prodigy with a soulful voice, heavily influenced R&B artists as well as other musicians. Flack was nominated for 14 Grammys, winning five, including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a Grammy for her hit song, Killing Me Softly with His Song. The song would again find popularity in the 90s when it was covered by The Fugees. She was the first artist to win a Grammy for record of the year two times in a row. In 2022, Flack was diagnosed with ALS, which caused her to lose her singing voice.

David Lynch

Born Jan. 20, 1946 | Died Jan. 15, 2025

David Lynch directed his film debut, Eraserhead, in 1977. He won the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990 for Wild At Heart, and won the Best Director Award at Cannes in 2001 for Mulholland Drive. In 2007, Lynch received the French Legion of Honor. Over the course of his more than six-decade long career, Lynch was nominated for four Academy Awards and received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement in 2019. He also received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his 1990s TV series Twin Peaks. He died at the age of 78.

Bob Uecker

Born Jan. 26, 1934 | Died Jan. 16, 2025

Bob Uecker made his MLB debut in 1962 with the Milwaukee Braves. In 1964, Uecker was playing for the St. Louis Cardinals when they won the World Series. He retired from baseball and started calling games for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971, which he continued to do for 54 seasons. He also became an actor, appearing in the movie Major League, as well as the tv show Mr. Belvedere. Uecker was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. He died at the age of 90.

Peter Yarrow

Born May 31, 1938 | Died Jan. 7, 2025

Peter Yarrow, along with Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, began performing as Peter, Paul and Mary in 1961, in New York. Their 1962 debut album topped the Billboard album charts. The 1964 single Puff the Magic Dragon, rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It also inspired three animated television films, as well as a 2007 book. The trio's biggest hit was their 1969 recording of Leaving on a Jet Plane. The single was Peter, Paul and Mary's only U.S. No. 1 hit, and their last top-40 song before they disbanded in 1970. Peter Yarrow died at the age of 86.