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Dead at age 73
2,044 Notable deaths
Slick Watts
American basketball player.
Born July 22nd, 1951 in Rolling Fork. [ref]
Died March 15th, 2025 at 73 years old [ref]
Delmer Daves
American film director, producer, and screenwriter (1904–1977).
Born July 24th, 1904 in San Francisco.
Died August 17th, 1977 at 73 years old in La Jolla.
Spark Matsunaga
American politician (1916–1990).
Born October 8th, 1916 in Kauai County.
Died April 15th, 1990 at 73 years old in Toronto (prostate cancer).
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
President of somaliland (1928-2002).
Born August 15th, 1928 in Odweine.
Died May 3rd, 2002 at 73 years old in Pretoria.
Keiji Nakazawa
Japanese manga artist (1939-2012).
Born March 14th, 1939 in Hiroshima, Naka-ku.
Died December 19th, 2012 at 73 years old in Hiroshima (lung cancer). [ref]
Lionel Penrose
British psychiatrist, medical geneticist, mathematician, and chess theorist (*1898 – †1972).
Born June 11th, 1898 in London. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1972 at 73 years old in London. [ref]
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
British explorer (1886-1959).
Born January 2nd, 1886 in Bedford.
Died May 18th, 1959 at 73 years old in London, Piccadilly.
Otto Braun
German communist writer (1900–1974).
Born September 28th, 1900 in Ismaning.
Died August 15th, 1974 at 73 years old in Varna.
Michael Spindler
Apple ceo 1993–1996 (1942–2016).
Born December 22nd, 1942 in Berlin.
Died September 5th, 2016 at 73 years old in Mougins. [ref]
Uļjana Semjonova
Latvian basketball player.
Born March 9th, 1952 in Zarasai.
Died January 8th, 2026 at 73 years old in Riga. [ref]
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