Famous Deaths Happened In 1973
Sunday, 19 October 2025
Jan 05 Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79 in the year 1973.
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 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 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 On this day in history 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 Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1973.
Jan 30 In the year 1973 jack McGowan, actor (On Our Selection), dies at 54
Jan 31 In the year 1973 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 On this day in history edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67
Feb 05 In the year 1973 george Morrison, dies at 82
Feb 06 On this day in history ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74
Feb 08 In the year 1973 herbie Taylor, cricketer (2936 runs in 42 Tests for S Africa), dies
Feb 09 On this day in history max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53
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 in the year 1973.
Feb 15 In the year 1973 tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55
Feb 16 Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies on this day in history.
Feb 18 Franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82 in the year 1973.
Feb 20 In the year 1973 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 In the year 1973 art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73
Feb 26 Mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68 on this day in history.
Feb 27 On this day in history 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 In the year 1973 death of cleo Noel, US ambassador to Sudan, assassinated