Celebrities We've Lost 2025

[MisterBoring]

Starting a new thread, for a new year.

First up, and this one hit me hard, David Lynch, legendary director of such weirdness as Eraserhead, Twin Peaks, and the original 1980s version of Dune.

[Raistlin]

I kind of hate that this is my first post on the forum, but I just read Bob Uecker died as well.

[Pavel]

Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack dies aged 88

[Roz]

Michelle Trachtenberg at only 39 years old. Just awful.

[bear_necessities]

@Roz what the fuck

[watno]

Gene Hackman

[TNP]

@watno said in Celebrities We've Lost 2025:

Gene Hackman

Him, his wife, and his dog. My money’s on carbon monoxide since the police said no evidence of foul play.

[Pavel]

Britain’s oldest performing drag queen, Maisie Trollette, has passed away aged 91

A bit of a niche one, but anyone with a toe in the British queer community has likely heard the name.

[Pavel]

‘End of an era’: John Hemingway, last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, dies

[catzilla]

George Foreman.

[Pavel]

Heartthrob actor Richard Chamberlain, star of The Thorn Birds, dies aged 90

[Roz]

Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65

[Sillylily]

This is heartbreaking.

[MisterBoring]

This is my favorite Val Kilmer performance.

[dvoraen]

@Roz said in Celebrities We've Lost 2025:

Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65

RIP good sir. I will always remember you from Willow as Madmartigan, let alone Top Gun.

[Jennkryst]

Da Pope

[Solstice]

@Jennkryst

May the next one be even remotely as progressive!

[elsepethne]

Jill Sobule. This hurts my heart.

[Muscle Car]

Rest in peace, queen.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/03/nx-s1-5385844/laugh-in-comedian-ruth-buzzi-dies