Famous People Who Died in 1973

• Auden, W. H.

  The Anglo-American poet who wrote "The Age of Anxiety"

• Banner, John

  Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's Heroes

• Batista, Fulgencio

  The Cuban president overthrown by Castro

• Ben-Gurion, David

  Prime Minister of Israel (1949-53 and 1955-63)

• Buck, Pearl S.

  The Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner who wrote The Good Earth

• Chaney, Lon Jr.

  Larry Talbot, the guy who becomes The Wolf Man (1941)

• Ford, John

  Director of The Searchers and other Hollywood westerns

• Grable, Betty

  Pinup queen of World War II

• Johnson, Lyndon

  President of the United States, 1963-1969

• Lee, Bruce

  The martial artist who starred in Enter the Dragon

• Neruda, Pablo

  The Chilean poet who won the 1971 Nobel Prize

• Parsons, Gram

  The Flying Burrito Brother who helped countrify 1960s rock

• Picasso, Pablo

  The 20th century's most famous artist

• Robinson, Edward G.

  The snarling star of 1931's Little Caesar

• Ryan, Irene

  Granny on the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies

• Tolkien, J.R.R.

  The author of The Lord of the Rings

• Watts, Alan

  The author of 'The Way of Zen'

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