Famous Deaths Happened In 1973
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Jan 05 Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79 on this day in history.
Jan 11 Isabel Randolph, actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83 in the year 1973.
Jan 15 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68 in the year 1973.
Jan 16 In the year 1973 ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65
Jan 17 In the year 1973 fred Essler, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 77
Jan 19 In the year 1973 max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69
Jan 20 On this day in history death of amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51
Jan 22 In the year 1973 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 John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday in the year 1973.
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 On this day in history henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70
Feb 03 In the year 1973 edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67
Feb 05 George Morrison, dies at 82 in the year 1973.
Feb 06 Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74 on this day in history.
Feb 08 Herbie Taylor, cricketer (2936 runs in 42 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.
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 in the year 1973.
Feb 12 Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1973.
Feb 15 Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55 on this day in history.
Feb 16 Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies in the year 1973.
Feb 18 On this day in history franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82
Feb 20 On this day in history brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39
Feb 22 On this day in history elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (Cat Jumps), dies in Lond at 73
Feb 23 Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) died in the year 1973.
Feb 24 Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.
Feb 26 In the year 1973 mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
Feb 27 On this day in history lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72
Feb 28 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 in the year 1973.
Mar 02 On this day in history death of cleo Noel, US ambassador to Sudan, assassinated