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Celebrity Deaths

Find out which celebrities have died this week, in 2025 so far, and last year in 2024 – with all the latest news and updates on the stars and famous figures who have passed away recently.

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(MANDATORY CREDIT Ebet Roberts/Getty Images) Dave Allen, Andy Gill, and Jon King of Gang of Four performing at a Club 57 presents at Irving Plaza show in New York City on November 13, 1980. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)

Iconic bassist Dave Allen dies at 69 just weeks before band's farewell tour

Channel: Music Music 23 minutes ago By Brooke Ivey Johnson
Actor Robert Trebor arrives for the Society Of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards

Xena and Hercules star Robert Trebor dies of sepsis aged 71

Channel: TV TV 2 days ago By Laura Harman
Val Kilmer speaks at a Top Gun screening in 2019, wearing a pink shirt, turquoise jewellery and a black baseball cap

Val Kilmer’s final days after being bedridden for years before death aged 65

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz 3 days ago By Tori Brazier
Lee Montague.

Bergerac star Lee Montague dies aged 97

Channel: TV TV 3 days ago By Pierra Willix
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Rapper Young Scooter cause of death aged 39 revealed as 'wooden fence injury'

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz 4 days ago By Kitty Chrisp
Studio portrait of pop celebrity singer Johnny Tillotson. (Photo by Michael Levin/Corbis via Getty Images)

Poetry in Motion singer Johnny Tillotson dies aged 86

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz 4 days ago By Laura Harman
Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/REX/Shutterstock (794253hs) 'Kill Me Again' Film - 1989 - Fay Forester (Joanne Whalley) sits at a bar with Jack Andrews (Val Kilmer). GTV ARCHIVE

Inside Val Kilmer's Hollywood romance with Willow co-star Joanne Whalley

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz 4 days ago By Brooke Ivey Johnson
Val Kilmer in his Top Gun role, wearing the green flying suit and leaning on his knee.

Inside Val Kilmer's cancer journey and controversial spiritual healing beliefs

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz 5 days ago By Kitty Chrisp
Val Kilmer as Batman, Iceman in Top Gun and as Chris Shiherlis in Heat

Val Kilmer's 7 best film roles from Tombstone to Heat after his death

Channel: Film Film 4 days ago By Ruth Lawes
Play Video A comp of Batman and Val Kilmer in an Instagram video

Val Kilmer seen in haunting final Instagram post weeks before death aged 65

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz 5 days ago By Asyia Iftikhar
Batman and Top Gun actor Val Kilmer visits the United Nations headquarters in New York

Batman and Top Gun star Val Kilmer dies aged 65 with cause of death confirmed

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz 4 days ago By Ruth Lawes
Richard Chamberlain in 2017 next to himself as Dr Kildare

TV heartthrob Richard Chamberlain, star of Dr Kildare and Shogun, dies aged 90

Channel: TV TV 7 days ago By Ruth Lawes
Play Video Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock (13445428i) Paul O'Grady 'Lorraine' TV show, London, UK - 07 Oct 2022

Paul O'Grady seen in final video 20 minutes before he died thanking fans for support

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz March 28, 2025 By Rebecca Sayce
Genen Hackman and Betsy Arakawa at a red carpet event. Gene is wearing a black tuxedo while Betsy is wearing a black dress

Heartbreaking Gene Hackman update as actor's body remains unclaimed weeks after death

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz March 28, 2025 By Rebecca Sayce
Clive Revill

Clive Revill, the original Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars, dies age 94

Channel: Film Film March 27, 2025 By Danni Scott
EastEnders logo over the Thames.

'Remarkable' BBC legend with EastEnders role dies aged 73

Channel: EastEnders EastEnders March 26, 2025 By Maisie Spackman
Joshua Blackledge

TikTok star Joshua Blackledge dies suddenly aged 16

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz March 26, 2025 By Laura Harman
David Hasselhoff's ex-wife Pamela Bach

David Hasselhoff's ex-wife Pamela Bach's cause of death aged 61 revealed

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz March 25, 2025 By Ruth Lawes
BBC Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles in a suit recently on the left, and in the radio studio in the 1980s in headphones to the right

BBC Radio 1 legend Andy Peebles dies aged 76 as famous colleagues pay tribute

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz March 23, 2025 By Tori Brazier
Larry Tamblyn

Larry Tamblyn's famous family pays tribute after inspirational musician dies aged 82

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz March 24, 2025 By Tori Brazier