Famous Deaths Happened In 1973
Friday, 18 April 2025
Jan 05 Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79 in the year 1973.
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 On this day in history 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 Lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64 on this day in history.
Jan 23 In the year 1973 death of alexander Onassis, Greek heir of the Onassis family (b. 1948)
Jan 24 Alan Lisette, cricketer (took 3 wickets in 2 Tests for NZ 1956), dies on this day in history.
Jan 26 On this day in history edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79
Jan 28 John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday on this day in history.
Jan 29 In the year 1973 johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67
Jan 30 Jack McGowan, actor (On Our Selection), dies at 54 on this day in history.
Jan 31 Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77 in the year 1973.
Feb 02 Henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70 on this day in history.
Feb 03 In the year 1973 edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67
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 Herbie Taylor, cricketer (2936 runs in 42 Tests for S Africa), dies in the year 1973.
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 in the year 1973.
Feb 15 On this day in history tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55
Feb 16 On this day in history pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies
Feb 18 In the year 1973 franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82
Feb 20 Brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1973.
Feb 26 Mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68 on this day in history.
Feb 27 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72 in the year 1973.
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