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* 1 January |
* 1 January | ||
**], 89, British author ('']'', '']'', '']'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2025/01/david-lodge-obituary |title=David Lodge, 1935–2025 |date=3 January 2025 |website=www.penguin.co.uk |accessdate=4 January 2025}}</ref> | ** ], 89, British author ('']'', '']'', '']'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2025/01/david-lodge-obituary |title=David Lodge, 1935–2025 |date=3 January 2025 |website=www.penguin.co.uk |accessdate=4 January 2025}}</ref> | ||
**], 96, British politician, ] (1979–1982), ] (1970–1987), and member of the ] (1989–2019).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gloucesternewscentre.co.uk/former-gloucester-mp-dies/ |title=Former Gloucester MP dies |date=2 January 2025 |accessdate=2 January 2025 |publisher=Gloucester Reporter}}</ref> | ** ], 96, British politician, ] (1979–1982), ] (1970–1987), and member of the ] (1989–2019).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gloucesternewscentre.co.uk/former-gloucester-mp-dies/ |title=Former Gloucester MP dies |date=2 January 2025 |accessdate=2 January 2025 |publisher=Gloucester Reporter}}</ref> | ||
* 2 January – ], 59, English heavy metal singer (]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudandproud.it/cloven-hoof-e-morto-russ-north/ |title=CLOVEN HOOF |
* 2 January – ], 59, English heavy metal singer (]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudandproud.it/cloven-hoof-e-morto-russ-north/ |title=CLOVEN HOOF – È morto Russ North |date=2 January 2025 |accessdate=2 January 2025 |publisher=Loud and Proud Italy |language=IT}}</ref> | ||
* 4 January – ], 76, Welsh politician and peer, acting ] (2001–2002) and member of the ] (since 2011).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dem-peer-jenny-randerson-dies-at-76-76789.html |title=Lib Dem Peer Jenny Randerson dies at 76 |accessdate=7 January 2025 |publisher=Lib Dem Voice}}</ref> | * 4 January – ], 76, Welsh politician and peer, acting ] (2001–2002) and member of the ] (since 2011).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dem-peer-jenny-randerson-dies-at-76-76789.html |title=Lib Dem Peer Jenny Randerson dies at 76 |accessdate=7 January 2025 |publisher=Lib Dem Voice}}</ref> | ||
* 5 January | * 5 January | ||
**], 77, British jurist and Anglican priest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/10-january/news/uk/geoffrey-tattersall-synodsman-and-chancellor-dies-aged-77|title=Geoffrey Tattersall, synodsman and chancellor, dies, aged 77|website= |
** ], 77, British jurist and Anglican priest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/10-january/news/uk/geoffrey-tattersall-synodsman-and-chancellor-dies-aged-77 |title=Geoffrey Tattersall, synodsman and chancellor, dies, aged 77 |website=Church Times |accessdate=7 January 2025}}</ref> | ||
**], 32, drag performer ('']'', '']'', '']'').<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wratten |first1=Marcus |title= |
** ], 32, drag performer ('']'', '']'', '']'').<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wratten |first1=Marcus |title=RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne dies aged 32 |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/05/the-vivienne-dies-aged-32-rupauls-drag-race/ |website=Pink News |date=5 January 2025 |accessdate=6 January 2025}}</ref> | ||
* 6 January |
* 6 January | ||
**], 90, Scottish rugby union player (], ], ]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theoffsideline.com/john-douglas/ |title=Former Scotland cap and Grand National winning owner John Douglas dies, aged 90 |first=David |last=Barnes |date=6 January 2025 |website=Scottish Rugby News from The Offside Line |accessdate=6 January 2025}}</ref> (death announced on this date) | ** ], 90, Scottish rugby union player (], ], ]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theoffsideline.com/john-douglas/ |title=Former Scotland cap and Grand National winning owner John Douglas dies, aged 90 |first=David |last=Barnes |date=6 January 2025 |website=Scottish Rugby News from The Offside Line |accessdate=6 January 2025}}</ref> (death announced on this date) | ||
**], 90, Welsh rugby union player (], ]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/cn540wr2eq6o |title=Wales and Cardiff centre Meirion Roberts dies aged 90 |date=6 January 2025 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |accessdate=6 January 2025}}</ref> | ** ], 90, Welsh rugby union player (], ]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/cn540wr2eq6o |title=Wales and Cardiff centre Meirion Roberts dies aged 90 |date=6 January 2025 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |accessdate=6 January 2025}}</ref> | ||
* 7 January | |||
** ], 98, British actress ('']'') and scriptwriter ('']'', '']'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.doctorwhonews.net/2025/01/barbara_clegg_1926_2025.html |title=Doctor Who News – Barbara Clegg 1926–2025 |website=www.doctorwhonews.net |accessdate=11 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
** ], 84, British entrepreneur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourharrogate.co.uk/local-news/harrogate/man-behind-harrogates-former-christmas-market-passes-away/ |title=Man behind Harrogate's former Christmas market passes away |website=Your Harrogate |accessdate=7 January 2025}}</ref> (death announced on this date) | |||
* 8 January – ], 78, historian<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/erthyglau/c159ex1ky7jo|title=Yr hanesydd Geraint H Jenkins wedi marw|language=cy|date=8 January 2025|website=BBC Cymru Fyw|access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> (death reported on this date) | |||
* 9 January – ], 86, English pianist, musical director and composer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/entertainment/2025/01/10/former-strictly-and-parkinson-musical-director-laurence-holloway-dies-aged-86/ |title=Former Strictly and Parkinson musical director Laurence Holloway dies aged 86 |date=10 January 2025 |accessdate=11 January 2025 |publisher=Jersey Evening Post}}</ref> | |||
* 10 January | |||
** ], 90, English actor ('']'', '']'', '']'').<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hibbs|first1=James|title=Tributes paid after Christopher Benjamin, Doctor Who star and esteemed actor, dies aged 90|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/christopher-benjamin-doctor-who-dead-newsupdate/|work=Radio Times|date=16 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
** ], 76, British musician (]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dmme.net/colin-carter-passed-away/ |title=Colin Carter Passed Away |website=DMME.net |accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
** ], 88, Northern Irish high jumper, Olympic silver medallist (]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/c4gxvj91vnxo |title=Thelma Hopkins: Olympic high jump silver medallist and ex-world record holder dies aged 88 |date=14 January 2025 |website=BBC Sport |accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
* 11 January – ], 87, Scottish football player (], ]) and manager (]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mancity.com/news/club/former-city-defender-bobby-kennedy-passes-away-63872199 |title=Bobby Kennedy: 1937-2025 |first=Rob |last=Pollard |website=Manchester City FC |accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
* 12 January – ], 83, Scottish rugby union player (], ]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theoffsideline.com/pc-brown/?srsltid=AfmBOophfd_boZAF-udY2mSc66IHZoJrrtcXg9CRbai30NII3SXGh7Co |title=Scotland loses another giant with the death of Peter 'PC' Brown |first=David |last=Barnes |date=12 January 2025 |website=Scottish Rugby News from The Offside Line |accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
* 13 January | |||
** ], 90, English football player (], ]) and manager (Manchester City).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mancity.com/news/club/tony-book-obituary-63872451 |title=Tony Book: 1934-2025 |first=Rob |last=Pollard |website=Manchester City FC |accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
** ], 89, English conductor, composer and trumpeter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.4barsrest.com/news/61679/death-of-elgar-howarth |title=Death of Elgar Howarth |date=13 January 2025 |website=4barsrest |accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
* 14 January | |||
** ], 88, English photographer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/john-blakemore-1936-2025 |title=In passing: John Blakemore (1936-2025) |date=15 January 2025 |website=British Photographic History |accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
** ], 65, British actor ('']'', '']''), comedian and television personality ('']''), heart attack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aol.co.uk/comedian-tony-slattery-dies-aged-140227095.html |title=Comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack |date=14 January 2025 |website=www.aol.co.uk |accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
* 15 January | |||
** ], 46, English actor ('']'', '']'').<ref>{{cite news|last1=Saunders|first1=Emma|last2=Youngs|first2=Ian |title=Ex-Hollyoaks star Paul Danan dies at 46|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn93gnz7853o|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=16 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
** ], 77, English actress ('']'', '']'', '']'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/only-fools-and-horses-star-soap-legend-diane-langton-dies-77/ |title=Only Fools and Horses star and soap legend Diane Langton dies aged 77 |website=LBC |date=15 January 2025 |accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
** ], 65, Irish singer ('']''), actress and television personality ('']'').<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ezlgzj4vvo|title=Singer Linda Nolan dies aged 65|work=]|date=15 January 2025|access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
* 16 January – Dame ], 95, English actress ('']'', '']'', '']''), ] winner (]).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Youngs|first1=Ian|title=Acting legend Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyppre55gyo |work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=17 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
* 17 January – ], 84, Scottish footballer (], ], ]), Alzheimer's disease.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/denis-law-legendary-manchester-united-192908742.html |title=Denis Law, legendary Manchester United and Scotland goalscorer, dies aged 84 |date=17 January 2025 |website=Yahoo Sports |accessdate=17 January 2025}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Latest revision as of 21:49, 17 January 2025
List of notable UK deaths in a year Further information: Category:2025 deaths
2025 deaths in the United Kingdom |
Other years |
2023 | 2024 | 2025 (2025) | 2026 | 2027
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The following notable deaths of British people occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, citizenship at birth, nationality (in addition to British), or/and home nation, what subject was noted for, birth year, cause of death (if known), and reference.
January
- 1 January
- David Lodge, 89, British author (Changing Places, Small World: An Academic Romance, The Picturegoers).
- Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, 96, British politician, minister of state for consumer affairs (1979–1982), MP (1970–1987), and member of the House of Lords (1989–2019).
- 2 January – Russ North, 59, English heavy metal singer (Cloven Hoof).
- 4 January – Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson, 76, Welsh politician and peer, acting Deputy First Minister of Wales (2001–2002) and member of the House of Lords (since 2011).
- 5 January
- Geoffrey Tattersall, 77, British jurist and Anglican priest.
- The Vivienne, 32, drag performer (RuPaul's Drag Race UK, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Dancing on Ice).
- 6 January
- John Douglas, 90, Scottish rugby union player (Barbarian, British & Irish Lions, national team). (death announced on this date)
- Meirion Roberts, 90, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff, national team).
- 7 January
- Barbara Clegg, 98, British actress (Emergency Ward 10) and scriptwriter (Doctor Who, Coronation Street).
- Brian Dunsby, 84, British entrepreneur. (death announced on this date)
- 8 January – Geraint H. Jenkins, 78, historian (death reported on this date)
- 9 January – Laurie Holloway, 86, English pianist, musical director and composer.
- 10 January
- Christopher Benjamin, 90, English actor (Doctor Who, Judge John Deed, The Plague Dogs).
- Colin Carter, 76, British musician (Flash).
- Thelma Hopkins, 88, Northern Irish high jumper, Olympic silver medallist (1956).
- 11 January – Bobby Kennedy, 87, Scottish football player (Manchester City, Kilmarnock) and manager (Grimsby Town).
- 12 January – Peter Brown, 83, Scottish rugby union player (Glasgow, national team).
- 13 January
- Tony Book, 90, English football player (Bath City, Manchester City) and manager (Manchester City).
- Elgar Howarth, 89, English conductor, composer and trumpeter.
- 14 January
- John Blakemore, 88, English photographer.
- Tony Slattery, 65, British actor (The Crying Game, Peter's Friends), comedian and television personality (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), heart attack.
- 15 January
- Paul Danan, 46, English actor (Hollyoaks, Celebrity Love Island).
- Diane Langton, 77, English actress (Hollyoaks, Only Fools and Horses, EastEnders).
- Linda Nolan, 65, Irish singer (The Nolan Sisters), actress and television personality (Loose Women).
- 16 January – Dame Joan Plowright, 95, English actress (Enchanted April, A Taste of Honey, 101 Dalmatians), Tony winner (1961).
- 17 January – Denis Law, 84, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Huddersfield Town, national team), Alzheimer's disease.
References
- "David Lodge, 1935–2025". www.penguin.co.uk. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- "Former Gloucester MP dies". Gloucester Reporter. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- "CLOVEN HOOF – È morto Russ North" (in Italian). Loud and Proud Italy. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- "Lib Dem Peer Jenny Randerson dies at 76". Lib Dem Voice. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "Geoffrey Tattersall, synodsman and chancellor, dies, aged 77". Church Times. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- Wratten, Marcus (5 January 2025). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne dies aged 32". Pink News. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- Barnes, David (6 January 2025). "Former Scotland cap and Grand National winning owner John Douglas dies, aged 90". Scottish Rugby News from The Offside Line. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- "Wales and Cardiff centre Meirion Roberts dies aged 90". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- "Doctor Who News – Barbara Clegg 1926–2025". www.doctorwhonews.net. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- "Man behind Harrogate's former Christmas market passes away". Your Harrogate. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "Yr hanesydd Geraint H Jenkins wedi marw". BBC Cymru Fyw (in Welsh). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- "Former Strictly and Parkinson musical director Laurence Holloway dies aged 86". Jersey Evening Post. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- Hibbs, James (16 January 2025). "Tributes paid after Christopher Benjamin, Doctor Who star and esteemed actor, dies aged 90". Radio Times.
- "Colin Carter Passed Away". DMME.net. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- "Thelma Hopkins: Olympic high jump silver medallist and ex-world record holder dies aged 88". BBC Sport. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- Pollard, Rob. "Bobby Kennedy: 1937-2025". Manchester City FC. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- Barnes, David (12 January 2025). "Scotland loses another giant with the death of Peter 'PC' Brown". Scottish Rugby News from The Offside Line. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- Pollard, Rob. "Tony Book: 1934-2025". Manchester City FC. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- "Death of Elgar Howarth". 4barsrest. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- "In passing: John Blakemore (1936-2025)". British Photographic History. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- "Comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack". www.aol.co.uk. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- Saunders, Emma; Youngs, Ian (16 January 2025). "Ex-Hollyoaks star Paul Danan dies at 46". BBC News. BBC.
- "Only Fools and Horses star and soap legend Diane Langton dies aged 77". LBC. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- "Singer Linda Nolan dies aged 65". BBC News. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- Youngs, Ian (17 January 2025). "Acting legend Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95". BBC News. BBC.
- "Denis Law, legendary Manchester United and Scotland goalscorer, dies aged 84". Yahoo Sports. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.