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Here's a look back at the entertainers, leaders, athletes and other notable people we've said goodbye to so far in 2025.

Dame Joan Plowright, whose already glittering stage career reached even greater heights after the death of her husband, Laurence Olivier, was one of the greatest actresses of her generation.

That is, until Olivier's widow Joan Plowright recommended Anthony Hopkins to re-dub her late husband's dialogue, due to both his penchant for mimicry and having been a protégé of Olivier's ...

Others who died in January include: figure skater Dick Button, French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, singer Wayne ...

Jan. 16. Joan Plowright, 95. An award-winning British actor who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II.

Though 2025 has just begun, several well-known stars have already left us. From reality TV star The Vivienne, winner of ...