Famous Deaths for October 1973
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◀ 1972 1973 1974 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1973: January February March April May June July August September November December
Deaths 1 - 26 of 26
1st - Joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74
2nd - Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76
2nd - Paul Hartman, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction), dies at 84
6th - Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71
6th - Dennis Price, actor (VIPs, Pulp, Canterbury Tales), dies at 58
6th - Sidney Blackmer, actor (Love Crazy), dies of cancer at 58
8th - Gabriel Marcel, writer, dies
10th - Albe, [Renaut A Joostens], Flemish writer (Paradise Bird), dies at 71
14th - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897)
16th - Gene Krupa, US swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64
17th - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47
18th - Crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86
18th - Frank Knight, TV announcer (Chronoscope), dies at 79
18th - Walt Kelly, US comic strip artist (Pogo), dies at 60
18th - Margaret Caroline Anderson, American magazine publisher (b. 1886)
21st - Arabi El Goni, VP/Chad parliament, murdered
21st - Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver (b. 1932)
22nd - Pablo Casals, Spanish violin cellist/conductor/composer, dies at 96
24th - Jack Iverson, cricketer (5 Tests 21 wickets S1024 15 23), dies
25th - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathon runner (Olympic-gold 1960, 64), dies at 41
25th - G Paul H Schuitema, graphically designer/photographer, dies
27th - Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (Mister Ed, Red Ryder), dies at 64
28th - Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer (b. 1889)
28th - Sergio Tofano, Italian actor (b. 1883)
29th - Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83
30th - Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer, dies at 77
