The new year brought sad news, with the deaths of celebrities happening as 2025 got underway.

Peter Yarrow of the famed folk group Peter, Paul and Mary died on January 7 after a battle with cancer. The same day, Meghan Markle revealed that her beloved rescue beagle, Guy, died nearly a decade after she adopted him.

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. Several of her former castmates wrote heartfelt tributes to their onetime costar who played Dr. Monica Quartermaine.