From Pope Francis to Ozzy Osbourne, Dick Cheney to Virginia Giuffre, here's a roll call of some of the influential figures who died this year.

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(AP) - The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts. Pope Francis died in ...

Celebrated novelist Morley Torgov, who was awarded the city's Medal of Merit this week, delivered a memorable speech at Sault ...

Yes, yes, I know - we don't even know what next year's Call of Duty game is yet (although it's likely a new Modern Warfare game from Infinity Ward, from the reports I've been reading). But already, ...

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The more things change, the more they stay the same. Another year, another Call of Duty that somehow devolved further from its predecessor - less coherent, less confident, and less meaningful. 2025 is ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

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Vince Zampella, who co-created the popular video game series Call of Duty, has died in a car crash in California, aged 55. Zampella's death was confirmed by Electronic Arts, which owns Respawn ...