Hollywood’s Most Notable Deaths of 2025

The entertainment industry is already mourning the loss of several actors, singers, performers, creatives, executives and all-around industry legends this year.

The Hollywood Reporter is highlighting some of the most well-known names who have died in 2025, including Rob Reiner, Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Val Kilmer, Gene Hackman, Michelle Trachtenberg, Ozzy Osbourne, David Lynch, Brian Wilson, Irv Gotti and Jeff Baena.

Reiner, who directed This Is Spinal Tap, Stand by Me and When Harry Met Sally after starring in All in the Family, died at 78 in Los Angeles, along with his wife, Michele. Their son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with their murders.

Keaton, an industry icon and Oscar winner who starred in Annie Hall, three Godfather films, Something’s Gotta Give, Reds, Marvin’s Room, two Book Club movies and two Father of the Bride films, died at 79 in California.

Redford, the legendary Oscar-winning actor who founded the Sundance Film Festival and starred in movies as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and All the President’s Men, died at 89 at his home outside Provo, Utah.

Kilmer, who won praise for memorable roles as Iceman in Top Gun, Doc Holliday in Tombstone and Batman in Batman Forever, died at age 65 of pneumonia in Los Angeles, his daughter, actress Mercedes Kilmer announced.

Hackman, the much-admired two-time Oscar winner and his second wife, Betsy Hackman, 64, were found dead in February at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The actor died of severe cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributory factor, officials later announced.

Trachtenberg, who started her career as a child performer before rising to fame for her roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl, died in February at age 39.

Osbourne, the pioneering heavy metal singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s with Black Sabbath before establishing a successful solo career and playing himself on reality TV, died at 76.

Lynch, the writer-director known for his films and TV series including Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, died in January at age 78. Last year he revealed that he was suffering from emphysema after many years of smoking and couldn’t leave the house over fears of getting COVID-19.

Wilson, a founding member of The Beach Boys who wrote such timeless classics as “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “In My Room,” “God Only Knows,” “Caroline, No,” “California Girls,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “Good Vibrations,” died at age 82.

Gotti, a record executive, music producer and entrepreneur who founded of Murder Inc. Records, died in February at age 54.

Baena, an indie film director and writer who was married to actress Aubrey Plaza, died in January at age 47 by suicide, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. “This is an unimaginable tragedy,” Plaza shared in a statement at the time. “We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. Please respect our privacy during this time.” 

Below are more of this year’s most notable deaths in Hollywood, and check out THR‘s obituaries page for other 2025 industry deaths, as well as last year’s entertainment deaths here.