See photos of notable figures across the D.C. area, including national figures, politicians, celebrities and local heroes, who died in 2025.
PHOTOS: 2025 local deaths of note

Jack Fitzgerald poses for a photo. Jack Fitzgerald, whose fatherly face and gravely voice was familiar to D.C. area TV viewers who saw his Fitzgerald Auto Malls commercials, has died.
(Courtesy Fitzgerald Auto Malls )

Tony Blanco poses for a portrait during Washington Nationals Photo Day on February 27, 2006 at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida. Tony Blanco, who played one MLB season was among the dead after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic.
(Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice on Dec. 6, 2023 in D.C. Jessica Aber, a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was found dead Saturday. She was 43.
(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

President Richard M. Nixon (center) talks with D.C. Police Chief Jerry Wilson (left) and Mayor Walter E. Washington (right) in his White House office, May 8, 1971. Former D.C. Chief of Police Jerry Wilson, who led the Metropolitan Police Department during the tumultuous late 60s and early 70s, died earlier this month at the age of 96 in an assisted living facility in Gainesville, Virginia.
(AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

FILE – John Feinstein, one of the country’s foremost sports writers and the author of numerous bestselling books, died unexpectedly Thursday. He was 69.
(ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµapp/Dave Johnson)

Former Rep. Beverly Byron posed for a photo. Beverly Byron, part of a powerful and durable Western Maryland Democratic family and one of only 11 women elected to represent Maryland in Congress, died Sunday of heart failure at her home in Frederick, surrounded by several members of her family. She was 92.
(Courtesy Maryland Matters)

Baltimore Orioles Rich Dauer throws to first after making a diving catch in the first inning of the American league playoff game against the Chicago White Sox, Saturday, Oct. 8, 1983, Chicago, Ill. Rich Dauer, an infielder who played a decade in the major leagues and won a World Series as a player with Baltimore and as a coach with Houston, has died. He was 72.
(AP Photo/John Swart)

Undated file photo of NBC Washington and former ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµapp reporter Derrick Ward. Ward, who has delivered local news in the D.C. area for decades, died following complications from a cardiac arrest. He was 62.
(Courtesy NBC Washington)

FILE – Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Brian Matusz watches from the dugout after being removed from the baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in the sixth inning in Baltimore, Tuesday, June 26, 2012.
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Amit Yoran, President of RSA Security, testifies on data encryption policies between the tech industry and law enforcement during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 19, 2016. Amit Yoran, the CEO and chairman of cybersecurity firm Tenable Holdings, died Friday after a battle with cancer, according to a company announcement. He was 54.
(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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