The new year brought sad news, with the deaths of celebrities happening as 2025 got underway.
Peter Yarrow of the famed folk group Peter, Paul and Mary died on January 7 after a battle with cancer. The same day, Meghan Markle revealed that her beloved rescue beagle, Guy, died nearly a decade after she adopted him.
On January 16, David Lynch’s family announced that the director had passed away at the age of 78. Eight days later it was announced that rapper DJ Unk died at age 43. Murder Inc. Records cofounder Irv Gotti’s family announced his death on February 5.
On February 26, Gossip Girl alum Michelle Trachtenberg died at the age of 39. The following day, it was announced that actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home. On March 3, Dolly Parton announced that her husband, Carl Thomas Dead, had died.