From Giorgio Armani to Pope Francis, global icons that we lost in 2025 | In Pics

Dotted with several key events throughout its 12 months, 2025 was also scarred with several deaths where we lost a number of global personalities.

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Writer, filmmaker and three time Oscar nominee for best director, David Lynch passed away on January 16, at the age of 78 after battling emphysema, a chronic lung disease. Lynch received three best director Oscar nominations for his work on Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive. (AFP)

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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot dead on September 10, while he was attending an event at the Utah Valley University. The shooting took place around 12:20 pm local time during a student Q&A at UVU in Orem. (AP)

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Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church passed away on April 21 after being hit by a stroke and heart failure as he was battling double pneumonia. (AP)

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Iconic frontman of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne died at the age of 76 on July 22. Osbourne was battling the Parkinson's disease since 2019. (REUTERS)

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Hollywood star Val Kilmer passed away on April 1 at the age of 65 at his Los Angeles home. Kilmer is popularly known for his roles in films such as Top Gun and Batman Forever. (AP)

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Known for his signature designer brand Armani, Italian designer Giorgio Armani passed away on September 4, 2025 at the age of 91. (Reuters)

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Renowned South Korean actor Kim Sae Ron died on February 16 at the age of 24. Born in 2000, Kim began her acting career at age 9. She starred in various movies and TV shows before a drunk drive incident in 2022 for which she was later fined in court. (AP)

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Popular Hollywood actor Diane Keaton passed away on October 11, 2025, at the age of 79, months after a sudden decline in her health. Keaton is best known for her roles in The Godfather series, Annie Hall, Something’s Gotta Give, and The First Wives Club. (REUTERS)

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Wrestling legend Terry Gene Bollea, popularly known as Hulk Hogan passed away at the age of 71 on May 14, 2025, after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Florida. (REUTERS)

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British ethologist and primatologist Jane Goodall, who will always be remembered the first time a wild chimpanzee took a banana from her outstretched hand, died at the age of 91 on October 1, 2025. (AFP)