Famous Deaths Happened In 1973
Thursday, 04 December 2025
Jan 05 Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79 on this day in history. 


Jan 11 In the year 1973 isabel Randolph, actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83 


Jan 15 On this day in history jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68 


Jan 16 On this day in history ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65 


Jan 17 Fred Essler, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 77 in the year 1973. 


Jan 19 Max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69 in the year 1973. 


Jan 20 Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51 died on this day in history. 


Jan 22 On this day in history lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64 


Jan 23 On this day in history death of alexander Onassis, Greek heir of the Onassis family (b. 1948) 


Jan 24 In the year 1973 alan Lisette, cricketer (took 3 wickets in 2 Tests for NZ 1956), dies 


Jan 26 Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79 in the year 1973. 


Jan 28 In the year 1973 john Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday 


Jan 29 On this day in history johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67 


Jan 30 Jack McGowan, actor (On Our Selection), dies at 54 in the year 1973. 


Jan 31 On this day in history ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77 


Feb 02 Henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70 in the year 1973. 


Feb 03 Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history. 


Feb 05 In the year 1973 george Morrison, dies at 82 


Feb 06 Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74 in the year 1973. 


Feb 08 On this day in history herbie Taylor, cricketer (2936 runs in 42 Tests for S Africa), dies 


Feb 09 Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53 on this day in history. 


Feb 11 Hans D Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65 on this day in history. 


Feb 12 Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history. 


Feb 15 Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55 in the year 1973. 


Feb 16 On this day in history pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies 


Feb 18 Franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82 on this day in history. 


Feb 20 On this day in history brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39 


Feb 22 In the year 1973 elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (Cat Jumps), dies in Lond at 73 


Feb 23 On this day in history death of dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) 


Feb 24 On this day in history art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73 


Feb 26 On this day in history mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68 


Feb 27 In the year 1973 lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72 


Feb 28 On this day in history cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 


Mar 02 On this day in history death of cleo Noel, US ambassador to Sudan, assassinated 


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