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Losses in Letters, Arts, and Sciences in 2025 – Who Passed Away and Shook Cyprus, Greece, and the World

Published December 31, 2025, 10:19
Losses in Letters, Arts, and Sciences in 2025 – Who Passed Away and Shook Cyprus, Greece, and the World

The year 2025 was marked by significant losses in the fields of letters, arts, sciences, and sports. Legendary musician Ozzy Osbourne passed away at the age of 76, while in Greece, the great songwriter Dionysios Savvopoulos died at the age of 81. In the world of sports, the death of footballer Diogo Jota in a car accident, along with his brother, shocked the world. Cyprus also mourned many people who excelled in various fields, such as politics (Kaiti Kliridou), the arts (Alexia Papalazarou, Pampos Anastasiou, Spyros Stavrinidis, Irena Ioannidou), science (Dr. Takis Georgiou), publishing (Kostas Epifaniou), literature (Ifigenia Metochi, Thomas Symeou), business (Philippos Sofocleous, Sotos Lois, Doros Ieropoulous), philosophy (Kleitos Ioannidis), politics (Andreas Papageorgiou), sports (Maria Aristotelous, Stella Kalopaidis Grigoriou) and the media (Andros Pavlidis). Also, passed away Nikos Ioannou, Alkis Pieridis, Theodoros Pyrillis, Charalambos Zachariou and Hegoumenos Trooditissas Athanasios. At the same time, globally, important figures such as Robert Redford, Alberto Escenazy, Val Kilmer, Marianne Faithfull, Dick Cheney, Udo Kier, Ruth Kesissian, Peter Green, Sally Kirkland, Ace Frehley, Diane Keaton and Dimitris Zarzavatsidis passed away. The article summarizes the most important losses of 2025, covering a wide range of fields and geographical areas, and highlights the impact these losses had on society.