Famous Deaths Happened In 1973
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Jan 05 On this day in history cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79
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 on this day in history.
Jan 19 Max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69 on this day in history.
Jan 20 Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51 died in the year 1973.
Jan 22 In the year 1973 lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64
Jan 23 In the year 1973 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 on this day in history.
Jan 28 John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday on this day in history.
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 In the year 1973 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 In the year 1973 ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74
Feb 08 On this day in history 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 In the year 1973 benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67
Feb 15 Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55 in the year 1973.
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 Brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39 in the year 1973.
Feb 22 In the year 1973 elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (Cat Jumps), dies in Lond at 73
Feb 23 In the year 1973 death of dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)
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 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72 in the year 1973.
Feb 28 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 on this day in history.
Mar 02 On this day in history death of cleo Noel, US ambassador to Sudan, assassinated