Notable Deaths of 2025

[NT2C]

How did y'all not tell me the guy who wrote the hook for one of Snoop Dogg's most famous songs and who played Ducky on NCIS passed back in September? 

David McCallum passed September 25th.

I did not know this!

As a child people used to frequently tell my mother that I looked like a miniature version of him

He died on September 25, 2023.  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564724/

Yep, and I'm even the one who announced it: https://ufozs.com/smf/index.php?msg=34973

[Lambykins]

Y'all knew him as Ducky.
I knew him as Illya Kuryakin on The Man From Uncle.
We are not the same.
Also, he was the first husband of Jill Ireland. She later married Charles Bronson.

[Lambykins]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/joan-bennett-kennedy-wife-us-142840782.html
Joan Kennedy, former wife of the late Ted Kennedy. She was 89.

[Anianna]

How did y'all not tell me the guy who wrote the hook for one of Snoop Dogg's most famous songs and who played Ducky on NCIS passed back in September? 

David McCallum passed September 25th.

I did not know this!

As a child people used to frequently tell my mother that I looked like a miniature version of him

He died on September 25, 2023.  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564724/

Well, damn.  Leave it to me to be two years late.

[NT2C]

How did y'all not tell me the guy who wrote the hook for one of Snoop Dogg's most famous songs and who played Ducky on NCIS passed back in September? 

David McCallum passed September 25th.

I did not know this!

As a child people used to frequently tell my mother that I looked like a miniature version of him

He died on September 25, 2023.  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564724/

Well, damn.  Leave it to me to be two years late.

He's laterer

[EBuff75]

John Lodge, the singer and bassist of British rock band The Moody Blues for more than 50 years, has died. He was 82.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/john-lodge-singer-bassist-moody-blues-classic-era-126397948 

[aikorob]

John Lodge, the singer and bassist of British rock band The Moody Blues for more than 50 years, has died. He was 82.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/john-lodge-singer-bassist-moody-blues-classic-era-126397948

damn..............seeing the Moodys with an orchestra was an experience!

[Lambykins]

Diane Keaton, passes at age 79.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/diane-keaton-famed-roles-father-184255872.html

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Gamers will probably be the only ones to recognize this name.

Tomonubu Itagaki, famous for his "Dead or Alive" fighting games as well as the 2004 reboot of "Ninja Gaiden", passed away October 16th, 2025 at the age of 58.

No cause of death has been released.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomonobu_Itagaki

[Barr]

Ace Frehley, Kiss Lead Guitarist and Solo Artist, Dies at 74

He shall no more Rock N Roll All Night, Nor Party Everyday.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Ace Frehley, Kiss Lead Guitarist and Solo Artist, Dies at 74

He shall no more Rock N Roll All Night, Nor Party Everyday.

Somewhere out there, Keith Richards just went through "The Quickening" from "Highlander" and thinks to himself "Huh, another one. Wonder who it was this time?".

[majorhavoc]

Ace Frehley, Kiss Lead Guitarist and Solo Artist, Dies at 74

He shall no more Rock N Roll All Night, Nor Party Everyday.

Somewhere out there, Keith Richards just went through "The Quickening" from "Highlander" and thinks to himself "Huh, another one. Wonder who it was this time?".

There can be only one!

[EBuff75]

Actor Ed Williams, known for playing a mega-quirky lab scientist in the "Police Squad!" television series and its big-screen incarnation as the original "Naked Gun" movies, has died at age 98.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/16/actor-ed-williams-naked-gun-dies/ 

[Crimson_Phoenix]

She wasn't famous famous, but Mom passed just before midnight Sunday 5 October. She was retiring from teaching this year after 24 years and nearly 600 students.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

She wasn't famous famous, but Mom passed just before midnight Sunday 5 October. She was retiring from teaching this year after 24 years and nearly 600 students.

My condolences, Crimson_Phoenix.

[Anianna]

She wasn't famous famous, but Mom passed just before midnight Sunday 5 October. She was retiring from teaching this year after 24 years and nearly 600 students.

That's rough.  May she rest in peace.

[NT2C]

She wasn't famous famous, but Mom passed just before midnight Sunday 5 October. She was retiring from teaching this year after 24 years and nearly 600 students.

I never know what to say at times like this. Just know that I care.

[majorhavoc]

She wasn't famous famous, but Mom passed just before midnight Sunday 5 October. She was retiring from teaching this year after 24 years and nearly 600 students.

But she was important and that's what this thread is all about.  Sounds like she touched the lives of many.  My heartfelt condolences to you, Crimson.  I know how you feel as all of us eventually do.  It's tough and there's no two ways about it.     

[Habu]

Ace Frehley, Kiss Lead Guitarist and Solo Artist, Dies at 74

He shall no more Rock N Roll All Night, Nor Party Everyday.

Somewhere out there, Keith Richards just went through "The Quickening" from "Highlander" and thinks to himself "Huh, another one. Wonder who it was this time?".

There can be only one!

Thank you both for finally providing an explanation for Keith Richard and Willy Nelson still being around.