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Mega Celebrity Deathday Chronology 1973-1973
Last Updated 04-13-2024
Joe Harriott -- b.7/15/1928 d.1/2/1973 (44)
Speckled Red -- b.10/23/1892 d.1/2/1973 (80)
Wilbur De Paris -- b.1/11/1900 d.1/3/1973 (72)
John Douglas "Jack" Ruttan -- b.4/5/1889 N.S. d.1/7/1973 N.S. (83)
Charles Flanders -- b.6/26/1907 d.1/10/1973 (65)
Isabel Randolph -- b.12/4/1889 d.1/11/1973 (83)
"Turk" Edwards -- b.9/28/1907 d.1/12/1973 (65)
Bill Riordan -- b.2/8/1908 d.1/15/1973 (64)
Ray Barrett -- b.9/1/1907 d.1/16/1973 (65)
Clara Ward -- b.8/21/1924 d.1/16/1973 (48)
Edgar Sampson -- b.8/31/1907 d.1/16/1973 (65)
Fred Essler -- b.2/13/1895 d.1/17/1973 (77)
Ralph T. Walker -- b.11/28/1889 d.1/17/1973 (83)
Ted Koehler -- b.7/14/1894 d.1/17/1973 (78)
Max Adrian -- b.11/1/1903 d.1/19/1973 (69)
Jack Crawford -- b.10/26/1916 d.1/19/1973 (56)
Lyndon Baines Johnson -- b.8/27/1908 d.1/22/1973 (64)
Edward "Kid" Ory -- b.12/25/1886 d.1/23/1973 (86)
J. Carroll Naish -- b.1/21/1896 d.1/24/1973 (77)
Masao Ohba -- b.10/21/1949 N.S. d.1/25/1973 N.S. (23)
Edward G. Robinson -- b.12/12/1893 d.1/26/1973 (79)
John Banner -- b.1/28/1910 d.1/28/1973 (63)
Ludwig Stossel -- b.2/12/1883 d.1/29/1973 (89)
Jack MacGowran -- b.10/13/1918 d.1/30/1973 (54)
Ragnar Frisch -- b.3/3/1895 d.1/31/1973 (77)
Andy Razaf -- b.12/16/1895 d.2/3/1973 (77)
Robert Coates -- b.4/6/1897 d.2/8/1973 (75)
Max Yasgur -- b.12/15/1919 d.2/9/1973 (53)
Everett Marshall -- b.11/4/1905 N.S. d.2/10/1973 N.S. (67)
David Lawrence -- b.12/25/1888 d.2/11/1973 (84)
J. Hans D. Jensen -- b.6/25/1907 d.2/11/1973 (65)
Elizabeth Achelis -- b.1/24/1880 d.2/11/1973 (93)
David Bauer -- b.3/6/1917 d.2/13/1973 (55)
Ralph Freed -- b.5/1/1907 d.2/13/1973 (65)
Tim Holt -- b.2/5/1918 d.2/15/1973 (55)
Wally Cox -- b.12/6/1924 N.S. d.2/15/1973 N.S. (48)
Frank Costello -- b.1/26/1891 d.2/18/1973 (82)
Joseph Szigeti -- b.9/5/1892 N.S. d.2/19/1973 N.S. (80)
Maurice Dallimore -- b.6/23/1912 d.2/20/1973 (60)
Katina Paxinou -- b.12/17/1900 d.2/22/1973 (72)
Elizabeth Bowen -- b.6/7/1899 d.2/22/1973 (73)
Winthrop Rockefeller -- b.5/1/1912 d.2/22/1973 (60)
Dickinson Richards -- b.10/30/1895 d.2/23/1973 (77)
Art Smith -- b.3/23/1899 d.2/24/1973 (73)
Mary Finney -- b.9/30/1904 d.2/26/1973 (68)
Hope Landin -- b.5/3/1893 d.2/28/1973 (79)
Cecil Kellaway -- b.8/22/1893 N.S. d.2/28/1973 N.S. (79)
Tito Rodríguez -- b.1/4/1923 N.S. d.2/28/1973 N.S. (50)
Richard Halliday -- b.4/3/1905 N.S. d.3/3/1973 N.S. (67)
Rupert Crosse -- b.11/29/1927 d.3/5/1973 (45)
Mike Jeffrey -- b.3/??/1933 d.3/5/1973
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck -- b.6/26/1892 d.3/6/1973 (80)
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan -- b.9/8/1945 d.3/8/1973 (27)
Robert Siodmak -- b.8/8/1900 d.3/10/1973 (72)
Philip H. Evergood -- b.10/26/1901 d.3/11/1973 (71)
Frankie Frisch -- b.9/9/1898 d.3/12/1973 (74)
Stacy Harris -- b.7/26/1918 d.3/13/1973 (54)
Chic Young -- b.1/9/1901 d.3/14/1973 (72)
Howard H. Aiken -- b.3/8/1900 d.3/14/1973 (73)
Carl Benton Reid -- b.8/14/1893 d.3/15/1973 (79)
William Benton -- b.4/1/1900 d.3/18/1973 (72)
Sir Weston Adams -- b.8/9/1904 d.3/19/1973 (68)
Lauritz Melchior -- b.3/20/1890 d.3/19/1973 (82)
Ken Maynard -- b.7/21/1895 d.3/23/1973 (77)
Edward Jean Steichen -- b.3/27/1879 d.3/25/1973 (93)
Sir Noel Coward -- b.12/16/1899 N.S. d.3/26/1973 N.S. (73)
George Sisler -- b.3/24/1893 d.3/26/1973 (80)
Mikhail Kalatozov -- b.12/28/1903 d.3/27/1973 (69)
Clarence Griffin -- b.1/19/1888 d.3/28/1973 (85)
Melville Cooper -- b.10/15/1896 d.3/29/1973 (76)
Ida Rosenthal -- b.1/9/1886 d.3/29/1973 (87)
Jim Crockett -- b.6/2/1909 N.S. d.4/1/1973 N.S. (63)
Eliot Elisofon -- b.4/17/1911 d.4/7/1973 (61)
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso -- b.10/25/1881 N.S. d.4/8/1973 N.S. (91)
Ted DeCorsia -- b.9/29/1905 d.4/11/1973 (67)
Arthur Freed -- b.9/9/1894 d.4/12/1973 (78)
Pete Herman -- b.2/12/1896 d.4/13/1973 (77)
Charles Courboin -- b.4/2/1884 d.4/13/1973 (89)
Minna Gombell -- b.5/28/1892 N.S. d.4/14/1973 N.S. (80)
Istvan Kertesz -- b.8/29/1929 d.4/16/1973 (43)
Willie "The Lion" Smith -- b.11/25/1897 d.4/18/1973 (75)
Robert Armstrong -- b.11/20/1890 d.4/20/1973 (82)
Ursula Jeans -- b.5/5/1906 d.4/21/1973 (66)
Merian C. Cooper -- b.10/24/1893 d.4/21/1973 (79)
Sir Arthur William Fadden -- b.4/13/1895 d.4/21/1973 (78)
Hamilton Fish Armstrong -- b.4/7/1893 d.4/24/1973 (80)
Irene Ryan -- b.10/17/1901 d.4/26/1973 (71)
Jacques Maritain -- b.11/18/1882 d.4/28/1973 (90)
Abel Green -- b.6/3/1900 d.5/1/1973 (72)
Alan Carney -- b.12/22/1911 d.5/2/1973 (61)
June Hutton -- b.8/11/1921 d.5/2/1973 (51)
Myrna Fahey -- b.3/12/1933 d.5/6/1973 (40)
Sir Ernest C. MacMillan -- b.8/18/1893 d.5/6/1973 (79)
Alexander A. Vandegrift -- b.3/13/1887 d.5/8/1973 (86)
Loren Tindall -- b.5/23/1921 d.5/10/1973 (51)
Jack E. Leonard -- b.4/24/1911 d.5/10/1973 (62)
Lex Barker -- b.5/8/1919 N.S. d.5/11/1973 N.S. (54)
Art Pollard -- b.5/5/1927 d.5/12/1973 (46)
Frances Marion -- b.11/18/1888 d.5/12/1973 (84)
Elmer Snowden -- b.10/9/1900 d.5/14/1973 (72)
Dieudonné Costes -- b.11/14/1892 N.S. d.5/18/1973 N.S. (80)
Jeannette Rankin -- b.6/11/1880 d.5/18/1973 (92)
George Breakston -- b.1/22/1920 d.5/21/1973 (53)
Vaughn Monroe -- b.10/7/1911 d.5/21/1973 (61)
Carlo Emilio Gadda -- b.11/14/1893 d.5/21/1973 (79)
Ivan Stepanovich Konev -- b.12/28/1897 d.5/21/1973 (75)
Art Mooney -- b.2/4/1911 d.5/21/1973 (62)
Athena Lorde -- b.9/11/1915 d.5/23/1973 (57)
Linda Vargas -- b.4/20/1939 N.S. d.5/26/1973 N.S. (34)
J. C. "Higgy" Higginbotham -- b.5/11/1906 N.S. d.5/26/1973 N.S. (67)
Jacques Lipchitz -- b.8/22/1891 d.5/26/1973 (81)
Hal Hastings -- b.12/19/1916 d.5/30/1973 (56)
Mary A. Korman -- b.12/27/1917 d.6/1/1973 (55)
Walter Greaza -- b.1/1/1897 d.6/1/1973 (76)
Harvey Firestone Jr. -- b.4/20/1898 d.6/1/1973 (75)
Dorrance Wilhelm "Dory" Funk -- b.5/4/1919 N.S. d.6/3/1973 N.S. (54)
Murry Wilson -- b.7/2/1917 d.6/4/1973 (55)
Max Terhune -- b.2/12/1891 d.6/5/1973 (82)
Tubby Hayes -- b.1/30/1935 d.6/8/1973 (38)
John Creasey -- b.9/17/1908 d.6/9/1973 (64)
William (Novelist) Inge -- b.5/3/1913 N.S. d.6/10/1973 N.S. (60)
Luis Van Rooten -- b.11/29/1906 d.6/17/1973 (66)
Fritz Mahler -- b.7/16/1901 N.S. d.6/18/1973 N.S. (71)
Roger Delgado -- b.3/1/1918 d.6/19/1973 (55)
Bruce Tate -- b.1/27/1937 d.6/20/1973 (36)
Frank Leahy -- b.8/27/1908 d.6/21/1973 (64)
Fay Holden -- b.9/26/1894 d.6/23/1973 (78)
Mary Carr -- b.3/14/1874 d.6/24/1973 (99)
Ernest Truex -- b.9/19/1889 N.S. d.6/26/1973 N.S. (83)
Elmer Layden -- b.5/4/1903 N.S. d.6/30/1973 N.S. (70)
Nancy Mitford -- b.11/28/1904 d.6/30/1973 (68)
Laurens Hammond -- b.1/11/1895 d.7/1/1973 (78)
Betty Grable -- b.12/18/1916 d.7/2/1973 (56)
George MacReady -- b.8/29/1899 d.7/2/1973 (73)
Swede Savage -- b.8/26/1946 d.7/2/1973 (26)
Charles James Hapey -- b.2/12/1903 d.7/2/1973 (70)
Chick Hafey -- b.2/12/1903 d.7/2/1973 (70)
Karel Ancerl -- b.4/11/1908 d.7/3/1973 (65)
Harry Oliver -- b.4/4/1888 d.7/4/1973 (85)
Patrick McVey -- b.3/17/1910 N.S. d.7/6/1973 N.S. (63)
Joe Evans Brown -- b.7/28/1892 d.7/6/1973 (80)
Otto Klemperer -- b.5/14/1885 d.7/6/1973 (88)
Veronica Lake -- b.11/14/1919 d.7/7/1973 (53)
Robert Ryan -- b.11/11/1909 d.7/11/1973 (63)
Lon Chaney Jr. -- b.2/10/1905 d.7/12/1973 (68)
Clarence White -- b.6/6/1944 d.7/14/1973 (29)
Sir Jack Hawkins -- b.9/14/1910 d.7/18/1973 (62)
Bruce Lee -- b.11/27/1940 d.7/20/1973 (32)
Russell Hardie -- b.5/20/1904 d.7/21/1973 (69)
"Wild" Red Berry -- b.11/20/1906 N.S. d.7/21/1973 N.S. (66)
Larry Finnegan -- b.8/10/1938 d.7/22/1973 (34)
Edward V. "Eddie" Rickenbacker -- b.10/8/1890 N.S. d.7/23/1973 N.S. (82)
William L. White -- b.6/17/1900 d.7/26/1973 (73)
Roger Durham -- b.2/14/1946 d.7/27/1973 (27)
Mary Ellen Chase -- b.2/24/1887 d.7/28/1973 (86)
Eileen Percy -- b.8/21/1900 d.7/29/1973 (72)
Guy Middleton -- b.12/14/1907 d.7/30/1973 (65)
Walter Ulbricht -- b.6/30/1893 d.8/1/1973 (80)
Gian Francesco Malipiero -- b.3/18/1882 d.8/1/1973 (91)
Jean-Pierre Melville -- b.10/20/1917 d.8/2/1973 (55)
Eddie Condon -- b.11/16/1905 d.8/4/1973 (67)
Memphis Minnie -- b.6/3/1897 d.8/6/1973 (76)
F. Batista Y Zaldivar -- b.1/16/1901 d.8/6/1973 (72)
Wilbur Cooper -- b.2/24/1892 d.8/7/1973 (81)
Charles Daniels -- b.3/24/1885 N.S. d.8/9/1973 N.S. (88)
Steve Perron -- b.??/??/???? d.8/9/1973
Douglas Kennedy -- b.9/14/1915 N.S. d.8/10/1973 N.S. (57)
Peggy Castle -- b.12/22/1927 d.8/11/1973 (45)
Willy Rey -- b.8/25/1949 N.S. d.8/13/1973 N.S. (23)
Richard Tregaskis -- b.11/28/1916 d.8/15/1973 (56)
Veda Ann Borg -- b.1/11/1915 d.8/16/1973 (58)
Selman Waksman -- b.7/22/1888 d.8/16/1973 (85)
Fred Offenhauser Jr. -- b.11/11/1888 d.8/17/1973 (84)
Paul Williams -- b.7/2/1939 N.S. d.8/17/1973 N.S. (34)
Conrad Aiken -- b.8/5/1889 d.8/17/1973 (84)
Clarence Shaw -- b.6/16/1926 d.8/17/1973 (47)
Willard Harris -- b.10/28/1916 d.8/21/1973 (56)
Billy Greene -- b.1/6/1897 d.8/24/1973 (76)
Kenneth J. Warren -- b.9/25/1929 d.8/27/1973 (43)
Tol Avery -- b.8/28/1915 d.8/27/1973 (57)
Michael Dunn -- b.10/20/1934 N.S. d.8/30/1973 N.S. (38)
Raymond Keane -- b.9/6/1906 d.8/31/1973 (66)
John Ford -- b.2/1/1895 d.8/31/1973 (78)
J. R. R. Tolkien -- b.1/3/1892 d.9/2/1973 (81)
Albert Nicholas -- b.5/27/1900 d.9/3/1973 (73)
Harry Behn -- b.9/24/1898 d.9/5/1973 (74)
Jack Fournier -- b.9/28/1889 d.9/5/1973 (83)
Holling C. Holling -- b.8/2/1900 d.9/7/1973 (73)
Enric Madriguera -- b.2/17/1904 d.9/7/1973 (69)
Samuel Nathaniel Behrman -- b.6/9/1893 d.9/9/1973 (80)
Salvador Allende Gossens -- b.7/26/1908 d.9/11/1973 (65)
Marjorie Post -- b.3/15/1887 d.9/12/1973 (86)
Betty Field -- b.2/8/1918 d.9/13/1973 (55)
Frederic Meyer -- b.9/11/1910 d.9/16/1973 (63)
Leonard Carmichael -- b.11/9/1898 d.9/16/1973 (74)
Hugo Winterhalter -- b.8/15/1909 d.9/17/1973 (64)
Nora Nicholson -- b.12/7/1892 d.9/18/1973 (80)
Gram Parsons -- b.11/5/1946 d.9/19/1973 (26)
Jock Ferguson -- b.9/17/1887 d.9/19/1973 (86)
William Wurster -- b.10/20/1895 d.9/19/1973 (77)
Glenn Strange -- b.8/16/1899 d.9/20/1973 (74)
Jim Croce -- b.1/10/1943 d.9/20/1973 (30)
Ben "Frog" Webster -- b.3/27/1909 N.S. d.9/20/1973 N.S. (64)
Maury Muehleisen -- b.1/14/1949 N.S. d.9/20/1973 N.S. (24)
Diana Sands -- b.8/22/1934 d.9/21/1973 (39)
Pablo Neruda -- b.7/12/1904 d.9/23/1973 (69)
Anna Magnani -- b.3/7/1908 d.9/26/1973 (65)
Ralph Lee Earnhardt -- b.2/23/1928 d.9/26/1973 (45)
Samuel Flagg Bemis -- b.10/20/1891 d.9/26/1973 (81)
Norma Crane -- b.11/10/1928 d.9/28/1973 (44)
Mantan Moreland -- b.9/3/1901 d.9/28/1973 (72)
Wystan Hugh "W.H." Auden -- b.2/21/1907 d.9/28/1973 (66)
Paavo Nurmi -- b.6/13/1897 d.10/2/1973 (76)
Paul Hartman -- b.3/1/1904 d.10/2/1973 (69)
Dennis Price -- b.6/23/1915 d.10/6/1973 (58)
Sidney Alderman Blackmer -- b.7/13/1895 d.10/6/1973 (78)
Margaret Wilson -- b.1/16/1882 d.10/6/1973 (91)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- b.3/20/1915 N.S. d.10/9/1973 N.S. (58)
Austin Eugene Briggs -- b.9/8/1908 d.10/10/1973 (65)
Perry Botkin Sr. -- b.7/27/1907 d.10/14/1973 (66)
Joe Devlin -- b.10/25/1899 d.10/15/1973 (73)
Gene Krupa -- b.1/15/1909 d.10/16/1973 (64)
Bernt Balchen -- b.10/23/1899 d.10/17/1973 (73)
Frank Knight -- b.5/10/1894 d.10/18/1973 (79)
Walt Kelly -- b.8/25/1913 d.10/18/1973 (60)
Leo Strauss -- b.9/20/1899 d.10/18/1973 (74)
Norman Chandler -- b.9/14/1899 d.10/20/1973 (74)
Pablo Casals -- b.12/29/1876 d.10/22/1973 (96)
Al "Cotton" Brazle -- b.10/19/1913 N.S. d.10/24/1973 N.S. (60)
Abebe Bikila -- b.8/7/1932 d.10/25/1973 (41)
Allan "Rocky" Lane -- b.9/22/1909 N.S. d.10/27/1973 N.S. (64)
John Frederic "Johnny" Coulton -- b.2/12/1889 d.10/29/1973 (84)
Paul Dudley White -- b.6/6/1886 d.10/31/1973 (87)
Catherine Drinker Bowen -- b.1/1/1897 d.11/1/1973 (76)
Alfred Earle "Greasy" Neale -- b.11/5/1891 d.11/2/1973 (81)
Haim Ginott -- b.8/5/1922 d.11/4/1973 (51)
Murray Roman -- b.3/8/1929 N.S. d.11/6/1973 N.S. (44)
George Biddle -- b.1/24/1885 d.11/6/1973 (88)
David "Stringbean" Akeman -- b.6/17/1915 N.S. d.11/10/1973 N.S. (58)
Artturi Limari Virtanen -- b.1/15/1895 d.11/11/1973 (78)
Margaret Webster -- b.3/15/1905 d.11/12/1973 (68)
Lila Lee -- b.7/25/1901 d.11/13/1973 (72)
Elsa Schiaparelli -- b.9/10/1890 N.S. d.11/13/1973 N.S. (83)
Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. -- b.11/2/1954 d.11/13/1973 (19)
John D. Russell -- b.5/31/1902 d.11/15/1973 (71)
Lloyd Mangrum -- b.8/1/1914 d.11/17/1973 (59)
Allan Sherman -- b.11/30/1924 d.11/20/1973 (48)
Nelson Williams -- b.9/26/1917 d.11/20/1973 (56)
Bobby Ellis -- b.8/24/1933 d.11/23/1973 (40)
Paul Newlan -- b.6/29/1903 d.11/23/1973 (70)
Sessue Hayakawa -- b.6/10/1886 N.S. d.11/23/1973 N.S. (87)
Claire Dodd -- b.12/29/1908 or 12/29/1911 d.11/23/1973 (64)
Constance Talmadge -- b.4/19/1900 d.11/23/1973 (73)
Jennie Tourel -- b.6/22/1910 N.S. d.11/23/1973 (63)
Laurence Harvey -- b.10/1/1928 d.11/25/1973 (45)
Albert DeSalvo -- b.9/3/1931 d.11/25/1973 (42)
William Haines -- b.1/1/1900 d.11/26/1973 (73)
John Henry Rostill -- b.6/16/1942 d.11/26/1973 (31)
Charles Evans Whittaker -- b.2/22/1901 d.11/26/1973 (72)
John Wildener -- b.??/??/???? d.11/27/1973
Fred Apostoli -- b.2/2/1913 d.11/29/1973 (60)
Bruce Yarnell -- b.12/28/1938 d.11/30/1973 (34)
David Green Ben-Gurion -- b.10/16/1886 d.12/1/1973 (87)
Watson Washburn -- b.6/13/1894 d.12/2/1973 (79)
Count Fleet -- b.3/24/1940 d.12/3/1973 (33)
Michael O'Shea -- b.3/17/1906 d.12/4/1973 (67)
Alfred Carl Fuller -- b.1/13/1885 d.12/4/1973 (88)
Jimmy Cannon -- b.4/10/1909 d.12/5/1973 (64)
Sir Robert Watson-Watt -- b.4/13/1892 d.12/6/1973 (81)
Bella Bellow -- b.1/1/1945 d.12/10/1973 (28)
Ada Comstock -- b.12/11/1876 d.12/12/1973 (97)
Charles Greeley Abbot -- b.5/31/1872 d.12/17/1973 (101)
Bobby Darin -- b.5/14/1936 d.12/20/1973 (37)
Irna Phillips -- b.7/1/1901 d.12/23/1973 (72)
Gerard Kuiper -- b.12/7/1905 d.12/23/1973 (68)
Harold Edward Joseph "Bullet Joe" Simpson -- b.8/13/1893 d.12/25/1973 (80)
Gabriel Voisin -- b.2/5/1880 d.12/25/1973 (93)
Steven Geray -- b.11/10/1904 d.12/26/1973 (69)
Lowman "Pete" Pauling -- b.7/14/1926 d.12/26/1973 (47)
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