2025 Obituaries Thread

[JayC]

Actor Pat Finn, most known for roles on Friends and The Middle, died at 60 after a cancer battle. https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/24/pat-finn-dead/

[GRWHAMMY the 2nd]

i know it's probably obvious, but he is NOT related to Shop til you Drop's Pat Finn

[Ccook]

Jeff Kasenetz, record producer for 60s bubblegum groups The Music Explosion (A Little Bit of Soul), the Ohio Express (Chewy Chewy) and 1910 Fruitgum Company (1-2-3 Red Light), age 82 from complications following a fall at his home.

[RJSchex]

Actor Pat Finn, most known for roles on Friends and The Middle, died at 60 after a cancer battle. https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/24/pat-finn-dead/

Same one who does all those Toyota commercials?

[holein1isawesome]

Dr. Howard Tucker, the world's oldest practicing doctor, passed away on December 22, age 103.

[Ccook]

Dec. 28: Brigitte Bardot, actress (And God Created Woman) who quit showbiz to become a social and political activist, age 91.

[Briguy]

Melanie Watson Bernhardt, age 57, on Dec. 26. An actress born with a rare skeletal disorder known as osteogenesis imperfecta, or “brittle bone” disease, she was best known for playing Arnold’s friend Kathy, who was wheelchair bound and had a similar disorder.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/28/different-strokes-melanie-watson-dies/

Brian

[Ccook]

From Dec. 26: Carl Bolch Jr., former CEO of RaceTrac gas stations/convenience stores, age 82.

[whowouldeverhurtawhammy]

David Rosen, one of the co-founders of Sega, passed away on Christmas Day 2025 at his home in Los Angeles, no cause of death given. He was 95.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/segas-american-co-founder-david-rosen-dies-at-95-years-of-age/
https://www.soapcentral.com/pop-culture/news-ctc

[whowouldeverhurtawhammy]

Hopefully, this is the last death from 2025 to report here before we can lock the 2025 thread.

Sean Swayze, brother of the late Patrick Swayze, passed away on 12/15/25 after suffering upper gastrointestinal bleeding. He was 63.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/patrick-swayze-s-brother-sean-swayze-dies-at-63/ar-AA1TMAHY?ocid=socialshare

[88JRFAN]

One death missed from Feb. 10 : Peter "Navy" Tuiasosopo ; he played E Honda in the 1994 Street Fighter movie. Passed away from heart complications at age 61

[TPIR_rules]

Stand-up comedian John Mulrooney died on December 29. He hosted Comic Strip Live in the late 1980's to 1990. He was 67.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/01/02/john-mulrooney-comedian-dead/87990680007/