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Which Celebrities Died in 2025? Leslie Charleson and More Stars Who Passed Away So Far This Year

2025 kicked off on a sad note with the deaths of beloved celebrities, including soap star Leslie Charleson. Which other celebs have died so far this year?

Fans of the soap opera General Hospital were heartbroken when on January 12, the show’s executive producer revealed that longtime star Leslie Charleson had died at the age of 79. Her enduring legacy has spanned nearly 50 years on General Hospital alone and, just as Monica was the heart of the Quartermaines, Leslie was a beloved matriarch of the entire cast and crew. Meredith Vieira ‘s husband, Richard Cohen, died on Christmas Eve 2024, but his death wasn’t announced until the January 7 episode of Today by cohosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie.

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