Celebrity Deaths Thread 2025

[QualityChimp]

Yeah, I think this has hit a few people of certain age.
Those regulars on Whose Line is it Anyway? from BITD will be fondly remembered by those who regularly watched it.

I also liked his show with Mike McShane "S&M" (Slattery & McShane), which was more silly improv laughs.

RIP Tony.

[Nu-Eclipse]

He will always be remembered for his quality improv comedy work, but I actually remember seeing him WAY back in the day in the extremely short-lived Children's ITV Saturday morning show TX (complete with a them song sounding incredibly similar to that from a classic Eddie Murphy movie franchise!).

RIP.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Actor Paul Danan, best known for his stint in Hollyoaks as Sol Patrick between 1997 and 2001, has died aged 46, his management company has confirmed.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/16/former-hollyoaks-star-paul-danan-dies-aged-46

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.facebook.com/davidlynchofficial/posts/it-is-with-deep-regret-that-we-his-family-announce-the-passing-of-the-man-and-th/1179118190251944/

David Lynch has died

[Dogg Thang]

Just saw that. There won’t be another like him.

[Atticus]

That’s devastating news. Oh man. RIP

[charlesr]

What a legend. Created so much cool stuff.
My son suggested it's probably a ruse so that everyone's confused AF when Twin Peaks Season 4 is released and Lynch is starring in it.

[Neon Ignition]

"Jaws 2," "Somewhere" Director Szwarc Has Died - Dark Horizons

[Anpanman]

Denis Law, legend for MU, saw him play live and the backheel.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckgvny01x9go

That's all the Holy Trinity gone.

[Neon Ignition]

Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes dies aged 65 | Music | The Guardian

[Anpanman]

Crickey missed that Neon, sad day. Sixty-five is nowt (says the sixty year old).

[charlesr]

Makes you wonder how Rolling Stones members are still alive.... Perhaps those other bands weren't partying hard enough!

[Anpanman]

Keith Richards on the whisky - rock n roll baby;

[Nu-Eclipse]

Marianne Faithfull, whose six-decade career marked her out as one of the UK’s most versatile and characterful singer-songwriters, has died aged 78.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/30/marianne-faithfull-singular-icon-of-british-pop-dies-aged-78

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/04/brian-murphy-actor-george-and-mildred-dies