This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2025.
| Preceded by 2024 | List of deaths in popular music 2025 | Succeeded by — |
| Name | Age | Date | Location of death | Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Dan Argentine singer-songwriter | 82 | January 1, 2025 | Miami, Florida, US | Undisclosed [1] |
| Chad Morgan Country singer and guitarist | 91 | January 1, 2025 | Gin Gin, Queensland, Australia | Undisclosed [2] |
| Nora Orlandi Singer, pianist, and film composer | 91 | January 1, 2025 | Rome, Italy | Undisclosed [3] |
| Wayne Osmond The Osmonds | 73 | January 1, 2025 | Salt Lake City, Utah, US | Stroke [4] |
| Russ North Cloven Hoof | 59 | January 2, 2025 | Undisclosed [5] | |
| Ferdi Tayfur Turkish arabesque singer | 79 | January 2, 2025 | Antalya, Turkey | Undisclosed [6] |
| Brenton Wood Soul singer | 83 | January 3, 2025 | Moreno Valley, California, US | Undisclosed [7] |
| Ed Askew Folk singer | 84 | January 4, 2025 | Undisclosed [8] | |
| Beej Chaney The Suburbs | 68 | January 5, 2025 | Hermosa Beach, California, US | Died while swimming in the ocean [9] |
| Fredrik Lindgren Unleashed, Terra Firma | 53 | January 5, 2025 | Stockholm, Sweden | Undisclosed [10] |
| Hope Foye Singer and political activist | 103 | January 6, 2025 | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | Undisclosed [11] |
| Stella Greka Singer and actress | 102 | January 6, 2025 | Dionysos, Greece | Undisclosed [12] |
| Ragne Wahlquist Heavy Load | 69 | January 7, 2025 | Stockholm, Sweden | Undisclosed [13] |
| Peter Yarrow Peter, Paul and Mary | 86 | January 7, 2025 | New York, New York, US | Bladder cancer [14] |
| Sam Moore Sam & Dave | 89 | January 10, 2025 | Coral Gables, Florida, US | Complications from surgery [15] |
| Mark Izu Jazz bassist and composer | 70 | January 12, 2025 | San Francisco, California, US | Colon cancer [16] |
| P. Fluid (Peter Forrest) 24-7 Spyz | 64 | January 13, 2025 | New York, New York, US | Beaten to death [17] |
| Buck White The Whites | 94 | January 13, 2025 | Undisclosed [18] | |
| David Lynch Filmmaker, actor, painter, and musician | 78 | January 15, 2025 | Emphysema [19] | |
| Linda Nolan The Nolans | 65 | January 15, 2025 | Breast cancer [20] | |
| Bob Kuban Musician and bandleader | 84 | January 20, 2025 | Undisclosed [21] | |
| John Sykes Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Tygers of Pan Tang, Blue Murder | 65 | ca. January 20, 2025 | Cancer [22] | |
| Garth Hudson The Band | 87 | January 21, 2025 | Woodstock, New York, US | Undisclosed [23] |
| Paddy Cole Irish showband musician | 85 | January 22, 2025 | Dublin, Ireland | Lung cancer [24] |
| Barry Goldberg The Electric Flag, The Rides | 82 | January 22, 2025 | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma [25] | |
| Gabriel Yacoub Malicorne | 72 | January 22, 2025 | Bourges, France | Undisclosed [26] |
| Edweena Banger The Nosebleeds, Slaughter & the Dogs | ca. January 24, 2025 | Undisclosed [27] | ||
| Unk Rapper | 42 | January 24, 2025 | Undisclosed [28] | |
| Marianne Faithfull Pop and rock singer-songwriter and actress | 78 | January 30, 2025 | London, England, UK | Undisclosed [29] |
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