Famous People Who Died at Age 73

From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:

• Sullivan, Ed (died of cancer at 73 years 15 days on October 13, 1974)

• Crawford, Joan (died of cancer at 73 years 48 days on May 10, 1977)

• Demme, Jonathan (at 73 years 63 days on April 26, 2017)

• Darwin, Charles (died of a heart attack at 73 years 66 days on April 19, 1882)

• Monroe, James (at 73 years 67 days on July 4, 1831)

• Thompson, Fred (at 73 years 74 days on November 1, 2015)

• Pissarro, Camille (at 73 years 126 days on November 13, 1903)

• Porter, Cole (at 73 years 128 days on October 15, 1964)

• Raven, Simon (at 73 years 135 days on May 12, 2001)

• Cather, Willa (died of cerebral hemorrhage at 73 years 138 days on April 24, 1947)

• Schrödinger, Erwin (at 73 years 145 days on January 4, 1961)

• Garrison, William Lloyd (at 73 years 162 days on May 24, 1879)

• Wakefield, Ruth (at 73 years 177 days on January 10, 1977)

• Prine, John (at 73 years 180 days on April 7, 2020)

• Griffith, D.W. (at 73 years 181 days on July 21, 1948)

• Bukowski, Charles (died of leukemia at 73 years 205 days on March 9, 1994)

• Strauss, Levi (at 73 years 212 days on September 26, 1902)

• Fleming, Alexander (at 73 years 217 days on March 11, 1955)

• Yeats, William Butler (at 73 years 229 days on January 28, 1939)

• Brown, James (at 73 years 236 days on December 25, 2006)

• Rabin, Yitzhak (was assassinated at 73 years 248 days on November 4, 1995)

• Jenner, Edward (at 73 years 254 days on January 26, 1823)

• Charles, Ray (died of complications from liver disease at 73 years 261 days on June 10, 2004)

• Bancroft, Anne (died of cancer at 73 years 262 days on June 6, 2005)

• Shepard, Sam (at 73 years 264 days on July 27, 2017)

• Falwell, Jerry (at 73 years 277 days on May 15, 2007)

• Fellini, Federico (at 73 years 284 days on October 31, 1993)

• Parker, Dorothy (died of heart failure at 73 years 289 days on June 7, 1967)

• Lugosi, Bela (at 73 years 301 days on August 16, 1956)

• Newton-John, Olivia (died of cancer at 73 years 316 days on August 8, 2022)

• Cash, June Carter (at 73 years 326 days on May 15, 2003)

• Nin, Anais (at 73 years 328 days on January 14, 1977)

• Ehrlichman, John (died of complications from diabetes at 73 years 331 days on February 14, 1999)

• Lichtenstein, Roy (at 73 years 337 days on September 29, 1997)

• Adams, Abigail (died of typhoid fever at 73 years 351 days on October 28, 1818)

• James, Etta (died of cancer at 73 years 360 days on January 20, 2012)

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