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Events in April 2025 7
1930 – 2025Theodore McCarrick (1930-2025)Died 3 April 2025, aged 94Former Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal, the first American prelate to resign from the College of Cardinals after allegations of sexual abuse.
1936 – 2025Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025)Died 13 April 2025, aged 89Peruvian novelist and essayist whose fiction carried a lifelong commitment to social change. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010.
1936 – 2025Pope Francis (1936-2025)Died 21 April 2025, aged 88Leader of the Roman Catholic Church from 2013, the first pope from South America and the first Jesuit, who brought reform and a reputation for humility to the papacy.
1959 – 2025Val Kilmer -- the intense, transformative actorVal Edward Kilmer (31 December 1959 - 1 April 2025) was an American actor known for his intense, immersive performances and his willingness to disappear completely into roles. The youngest student ever admitted to the Juilliard School drama division, he became a major star through Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone and Batman Forever before his reputation for difficult on-set behaviour and his refusal to compromise artistically led to a gradual retreat from mainstream Hollywood. Diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, he lost the ability to speak clearly but continued working, documenting his life in a celebrated 2021 documentary. He died of pneumonia in Los Angeles at 65.
2025Val Kilmer dies in Los AngelesVal Kilmer died on 1 April 2025 in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends. He was 65. His cause of death was pneumonia, with contributing factors including chronic respiratory failure and squamous cell carcinoma related to his throat cancer. He was survived by his two children, Mercedes and Jack, from his marriage to actress Joanne Whalley (1988-1996). He was cremated on 7 April.
2025Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Season 3The third season continues to receive outstanding reviews, resolving the Gorn cliffhanger from Season 2 and including a Jonathan Frakes-directed Hollywood noir episode praised as among the finest in franchise history. Renewed for a fourth and fifth season.
20252025 World Snooker ChampionshipThe Most Recent EditionWinner: Mark Williams; Runner-up: Ali Carter. Score: 18–14.