• Actors Gene Hackman, Val Kilmer, Loni Anderson, Michael Madsen, and Michelle Trachtenberg died in 2025. • Musicians Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, Roberta Flack, and Sly Stone also passed away. • So did director David Lynch, WWE legend Hulk Hogan, and MLB Hall of Famer Bob Uecker.

Below, we look back at those we lost in 2025, listed in alphabetical order.

In an era when playing the ditzy blonde was all the rage, Loni Anderson turned that trope on its head and found acclaim.

Anderson is best known for playing the smart, sophisticated, go-getter receptionist in the late 1970s series "WKRP in Cincinnati."

Her performance earned her three Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy nominations over the show's four-season run.

"WKRP" turned out to be Anderson's high water mark professionally

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