A smiling religious figure in white attire waves to a crowd, surrounded by photographers.

2025: In Memoriam

Full Episode
32:22

Pope Francis waves as he arrives at Milan’s Linate airport, northern Italy, for a one-day pastoral visit to Monza and Milan, Italy’s second-largest city, March 25, 2017.

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This special show takes a look back at some important and influential people who passed away in 2025, leaving behind their legacies. They include Pope Francis, Kenyan politician Raila Odinga, the world’s oldest Olympian Ágnes Keleti, the 49th Aga Khan Muslim spiritual leader, photographer Sebastião Salgado and legendary musicians like Lebanon’s Ziad Rahbani, Honduras’ Aurelio Martínez and Ghana’s Daddy Lumba.

In This Episode

Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic Church
5:24
Raila Odinga, Kenyan power broker and democracy advocate
3:52
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author and dissident
3:31
Lalo Schifrin, Argentine American composer
0:38
Sir Geoff Palmer, grain scientist and human rights advocate
4:28
Ágnes Keleti, world’s oldest Olympian
2:59
Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese musician
0:50
Aga Khan, Muslim spiritual leader
4:04
Koyo Kouoh, arts curator
2:18
Oleg Gordievsky, Cold War double agent
4:47