Recent necrology, April 2025

Some well-known people who have died recently

• Mike Berry, 1942-2025
  English actor and singer

• Clem Burke, 1954-2025
  American drummer with the band Blondie

• Pope Francis, 1936-2025
  Head of the Catholic Church since 2013

• Jane Gardam, 1928-2025
  English writer of children’s and adult fiction

• Kerry Greenwood, 1954-2025
  Australian author and lawyer, who wrote the Phryne Fisher series

• Robyn Kahukiwa, 1938-2025
  Māori artist, illustrator and children’s book author. Read Moata's post Moe mai rā, e Robyn Kahukiwa

• Sam Keen, 1931-2025
  American author, professor and philosopher

• Val Kilmer, 1959-2025
  American actor, known for Top Gun and Batman Forever

• Peter Lovesey, 1936-2025
  English author of historical and contemporary detective fiction who also wrote under the pseudonym of Peter Lear

• Jean Marsh, 1934-2025
  English actress and writer who co-created and starred in the TV series Upstairs, Downstairs

• Peter Seiffert, 1954-2025
  German operatic tenor