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In this image released by Vatican media on Monday, April 21, 2025, Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, second from left, flanked by, from left, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Substitute for the Secretariat of State, Cardinal Edgar PeÒa Parra, and Vatican Master of Ceremonies, Archbisop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, announces the death of Pope Francis at the Vatican. (Vatican Media via AP)

Read the announcement of the death of Pope Francis

The text of the announcement of the death of Pope Francis, which was read Monday by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.
 
Pope Francis speaks to journalists during the papal flight direct to Rio de Janeiro, Monday, July 22, 2013. (Luca Zennaro/Pool Photo via AP, File)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican Obit Pope Francis

 
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Pope Francis, waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)

From Buenos Aires to Rome: Key dates in the life of Pope Francis

 
Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

 
Jay Sigel watches his tee shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the Senior PGA Farmers Charity Classic, Saturday, May 25, 2002, in Ada, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis,File)

Jay Sigel, considered America’s best amateur since Bobby Jones, dies of cancer at 81

 

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FILE 0 Baltimore Ravens offensive line coach Joe D'Alessandris looks on prior to the AFC Championship NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs, Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Baltimore Ravens offensive line coach Joe D’Alessandris dies at age 70

 
FILE - Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss is seen on April 25, 1990 in Lebanon. (AP Photo, File)

Former five-time Lebanese prime minister Salim Hoss dies at 94

 
FILE - Club Brugge's coach Christoph Daum ahead of their Europa League Group H match at Ljudski Vrt stadium in Maribor, Slovenia, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Fearless German soccer coach Christoph Daum dies after career of highs and lows

 
FILE - Cleveland Indians owner Nick Mileti, center, said manager Ken Aspromonte, right, has been rehired to a "Multiple Years" contract Oct. 4, 1972 in Cleveland. Mileti, who helped found the Cleveland Cavaliers and a prominent figure in the city's sports circles, has died. He was 93. (AP Photo, File)

Cleveland Cavaliers founder and former Guardians owner Nick Mileti dies at 93

 
FILE - Venezuela's Mariestela Vilera, left, and Daniela Larreal Chirinos celebrate their gold medal in a cycling women's team pursuit final, at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Oct. 17, 2011. Larreal Chirinos, a five-time Olympic cyclist who competed for Venezuela over the course of a decade, died on Aug. 15, 2024. She was 51. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)

Daniela Larreal Chirinos, 5-time Olympic cyclist for Venezuela, dies in Las Vegas at 51

 
Former Golden State Warriors head coach Al Attles is shown during the first half of Game 2 of basketball's NBA Finals between the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, June 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Al Attles, one of NBA’s first Black head coaches who led Warriors to 1975 title, dies at 87

 
FILE - Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., speaks at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, N.J., on May 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Bill Pascrell Jr., long-time New Jersey congressman, dies at 87

 
FILE - Phil Donahue hosts his television show in New York on Jan. 27, 1993. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Phil Donahue, who ruled daytime talk for years until Oprah overtook him, left a lasting imprint

 
Coal Employment Project Founder Betty Jean Hall, front right, applauds during the Coal Employment Project's annual conference in 1984, in Charleston, W.Va. Hall, an Appalachian attorney and federal administrative judge who paved the way for women to enter the coal mining workforce died at age 78 on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (Earl Dotter/UMW Journal via AP)

Betty Jean Hall, advocate who paved the way for women to enter coal mining workforce, dies at 78

 
FILE - President George W. Bush, right, bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ruth Johnson Colvin, from Syracuse, N.Y., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, has died at 107

 
FILE - Phil Donahue attends the 2019 American Icon Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 19, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died

 
FILE- In this May 19, 2019 file photo, French actor Alain Delon poses for photographers at the photo call for his honorary Palme D'Or award at the 72nd international film festival, Cannes, southern France. Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, has died at age 88, French media reported. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)

French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88

 

Maurice Williams, writer and lead singer of ‘Stay,’ dead at 86

 
FILE - Brazilian TV mogul Silvio Santos waves from outside his home in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Thursday Aug. 30, 2001. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Brazilian entertaining legend Silvio Santos dies at 93

 
FILE - Scott Bloomquist stands beside his car before the Super Late Model division race at the Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals, April 1, 2022, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP, File)

Dirt track racer Scott Bloomquist, known for winning and swagger, dies in plane crash

 

BeatKing, a Houston rapper known for viral TikTok song ‘Then Leave,’ dies at 39

 

Hettie Jones, publisher, educator and award-winning poet and former wife of Amiri Baraka, dies at 90

 
FILE - Singer Jack Russell, of the band Great White, performs during a benefit to honor the memory of the band's guitarist Ty Longley at the Key Club in West Hollywood, Calif., on April 29, 2003. Russell, the lead singer of the bluesy ’80s metal band Great White whose hits included “Once Bitten Twice Shy” and “Rock Me” and was fronting his band the night 100 people died in a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island, has died. He was 63. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly, file)

Jack Russell, lead singer of band Great White who was onstage during horrific ’03 concert fire, dies

 
FILE - Host Peter Marshall appears at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday, April 29, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. Marshall, who spent 16 years as host of “The Hollywood Squares,” has died at 98. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

‘Hollywood Squares’ host and Broadway star Peter Marshall dies at 98

 
FILE - Actor Gena Rowlands poses for a portrait at the London West Hollywood hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 4, 2014. Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and later charmed audiences in her son's tear-jerker “The Notebook,” has died at age 94. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Gena Rowlands, acting powerhouse and star of movies by her director-husband, John Cassavetes, dies

 
FILE - Wally Amos, of Kailua, Hawaii, is shown in his home office June 12, 2007, in the Lanikai section of Kailua, Hawaii. Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children's literacy advocate, has died at age 88, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, File)

Wally Amos, 88, of cookie fame, died at home in Hawaii. He lost Famous Amos but found other success

 
FILE - Frank Selvy poses with a basketball that belongs to his son, Mike, at his home Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004, in Simpsonville, S.C. Selvy, an All-America guard at Furman who scored an NCAA Division I-record 100 points in a game and later played nine NBA seasons, died Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)

Frank Selvy, NCAA record holder with 100 points in a game, dies at 91

 
FILE - YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki speaks during a conversation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on May 24, 2022. Wojcicki has died, according to her husband, Dennis Troper in a statement posted on social media late Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56

 
This photo provided by Random House shows Betty Prashker doing an interview for an oral history in 2001. (Random House via AP)

Betty Prashker, publisher of the feminist classics ‘Sexual Politics’ and ‘Backlash,’ dies at age 99

 
FILE - Chi Chi Rodriguez, of Puerto Rico, smiles while signing an autograph at the Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, Mass., Friday, June 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Chi Chi Rodriguez, Hall of Fame golfer known for antics on the greens, dies at 88

 

Mike Sertich, longtime Minnesota Duluth hockey coach, dies at 77

 
FILE - Issa Hayatou, acting FIFA President, speaks during a news conference at FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Dec. 3, 2015. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP, File)

Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou dies at 77

 

Roxane Gilmore, former first lady of Virginia, dies at age 70

 

Former Cowboys running back Duane Thomas, part of franchise’s first Super Bowl win, dies at 77

 
FILE - Bill Bean, MLB's vice president of Social Responsibility and Inclusion, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the San Francisco Giants, June 17, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Billy Bean, second openly gay ex-MLB player who later worked in commissioner’s office, dies at 60

 
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