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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 CLARA WARD = AMERICAN = = Gospel Singer = |
Born: 21 April 1924 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 16 January 1973 Los Angeles, California, USA |
48 | Stroke |
 KID ORY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trombonist and Bandleader = |
Born: EDOUARD ORY 25 December 1886 La Place, Louisiana, USA | Died: 23 January 1973 Honolulu, HAWAII |
86 | |
 ANDY RAZAF = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Composer, Poet and Lyricist = |
Born: ANDRIAMANANTENA PAUL RAZAFINKAREFO 16 December 1895 Washington, D.C., USA | Died: 3 February 1973 North Hollywood, California, USA |
77 | Cancer |
 JOSEPH SZIGETI = HUNGARIAN = = Violinist = |
Born: JOSEPH "JÓSKA" SINGER 5 September 1892 Budapest, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 19 February 1973 Lucerne, SWITZERLAND |
80 | |
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MICHAEL JEFFERY = ENGLISH = = Music Business Manager = = Jimi Hendrix's personal manager = |
Born: FRANK MICHAEL JEFFERY 13 March 1933 Peckham, South London, ENGLAND | Died: 5 March 1973 Nantes, FRANCE |
39 | Plane Crash |
 RON "PIGPEN" McKERNAN = AMERICAN = = Musician and Songwriter = = member of = = The Grateful Dead {1965-1972} = |
Born: RONALD CHARLES McKERNAN 8 September 1945 San Bruno, California, USA | Died: 8 March 1973 Corte Madera, California, USA |
27 | Stomach Hemorrhage |
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SAFFORD CAPE = AMERICAN = = Composer, Conductor and Musicologist = |
Born: 28 June 1906 Denver, Colorado, USA | Died: 26 March 1973 Brussels, BELGIUM |
66 | |
 Sir NOËL PEIRCE COWARD = ENGLISH = = Playwright,Composer, Director, Actor and Singer = |
Born: 16 December 1899 Teddington, south-west London, ENGLAND | Died: 26 March 1973 Firefly Estate, JAMAICA |
73 | Heart Failure |
 WILLIE 'THE LION' SMITH = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist = |
Born: WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH BONAPARTE BERTHOLOFF SMITH 23 November 1897 Goshen, New York, USA | Died: 18 April 1973 New York, USA |
75 | |
 VAUGHN MONROE = AMERICAN = = Singer and Bandleader = |
Born: VAUGHN WILTON MONROE 7 October 1911 Akron, Ohio, USA | Died: 21 May 1973 Stuart, Florida, USA |
61 | At Martin County Memorial Hospital, shortly after having stomach surgery for a bleeding ulcer |
 MURRY WILSON = AMERICAN = = Musician, Record Producer, Businessman = = Father and first manager of = = The Beach Boys = |
Born: MURRY GAGE WILSON 2 July 1917 Hutchinson, Kansas, USA | Died: 4 June 1973 Whittier, California, USA |
55 | Heart Attack |
 BETTY GRABLE = AMERICAN = = Actress and Singer = |
Born: ELIZABETH RUTH GRABLE 18 December 1916 St. Louis, Missouri, USA | Died: 2 July 1973 Los Angeles, California, USA |
56 | Lung Cancer |
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KAREL ANČERL = CZECHOSLOVAK = = Conductor = |
Born: 11 April 1908 Tučapy in southern Bohemia, CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Died: 3 July 1973 Toronto, CANADA |
65 | |
 OTTO KLEMPERER = GERMAN = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 14 May 1885 Breslau, Silesia Province, GERMANY | Died: 6 July 1973 Zürich, SWITZERLAND |
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 ALEXANDER MOSOLOV = RUSSIAN = = Composer = |
Born: ALEXANDER VASILYEVICH MOSOLOV 11 August [O.S. 29 July] 1900 Kiev, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 11 July 1973 Moscow, RUSSIA |
72 | |
 CLARENCE WHITE = AMERICAN = = Guitarist and Singer = = member of = = The Byrds {1968-1973} = |
Born: CLARENCE JOSEPH LeBLANC 7 June 1944 Lewiston, Maine, USA | Died: 14 July 1973 Palmdale, California, USA |
29 | Road Accident |
 EDDIE CONDON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Banjoist and Guitarist = |
Born: ALBERT EDWIN CONDON 16 November 1905 Goodland, Indiana, USA | Died: 4 August 1973 New York City, USA |
67 | |
 MEMPHIS MINNIE = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer and Guitarist = |
Born: LIZZIE DOUGLAS 3 June 1897 Algiers, Louisiana, USA | Died: 6 August 1973 Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
76 | Stroke |
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JEAN BARRAQUÉ = FRENCH = = Composer and Writer on Music = |
Born: JEAN-HENRI-ALPHONSE BARRAQUÉ 17 January 1928 Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, FRANCE | Died: 17 August 1973 Paris, FRANCE |
45 | |
 PAUL WILLIAMS = AMERICAN = = Baritone Singer = = and co-founder of the Motown group = = The Temptations {1960-1971} = |
Born: 2 July 1939 Ensley, Alabama, USA | Died: 17 August 1973 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
34 | Suicide by Gunshot |
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WILLIAM HENRY HARRIS = ENGLISH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: 28 March 1883 Fulham, London, ENGLAND | Died: 6 September 1973 Petersfield, Hampshire, ENGLAND |
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ALLAN GRAY = POLISH = = Composer = |
Born: JÓZEF ŻMIGROD 23 February 1902 Tarnów, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (now Tarnów, POLAND) | Died: 10 September 1973 Amersham, Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND, UK |
71 | |
 VÍCTOR JARA = CHILEAN = = Theater Director, Poet, Singer-Songwriter, = = Teacher and Political Activist = |
Born: VÍCTOR LIDIO JARA MARTÍNEZ 28 September 1932 Lonquén, CHILE | Died: 16 September 1973 Santiago, CHILE |
40 | Murdered |
 HUGO WINTERHALTER = AMERICAN = = Conductor and Arranger = |
Born: 15 August 1909 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 17 September 1973 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA |
64 | Cancer |
 GRAM PARSONS = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, and Pianist = = member of = = The Byrds {1968} = = The Flying Burrito Brothers {1969-1970} = |
Born: INGRAM CECIL CONNOR III 5 November 1946 Winter Haven, Florida, USA | Died: 19 September 1973 Joshua Tree, California, USA |
26 | Drug Overdose |
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JIM CROCE = AMERICAN = = Folk and Popular Rock Singer = |
Born: 10 January 1943 Philadelphia, PA, USA | Died: 20 September 1973 Natchitoches, LA, USA |
30 | Plane Crash |
 BEN WEBSTER = AMERICAN = = Jazz Saxophonist = |
Born: BENJAMIN FRANCIS WEBSTER 27 March 1909 Kansas City, Missouri, USA | Died: 20 September 1973 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS |
64 | Cerebral Hemorrhage |
 GENE KRUPA = AMERICAN = = Jazz and Big Band Drummer, Band Leader, Actor, and Composer = |
Born: EUGENE BERTRAM KRUPA 15 January 1909 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 16 October 1973 Yonkers, New York, USA |
64 | |
 JORGE PEÑA HEN = CHILEAN = = Composer = |
Born: JORGE WASHINGTON PEÑA HEN 16 January 16, 1928 Santiago de Chile, CHILE | Died: 16 October 1973 La Serena, CHILE |
45 | Murdered by the Caravan of Death |
 PABLO CASALS = SPANISH = = Cellist = |
Born: PAU CASALS I DEFILLÓ 29 December 1876 El Vendrell, Catalonia, SPAIN | Died: 22 October 1973 Auxilio Mutuo Hospital in San Juan, PUERTO RICO |
96 | From complications of a Heart Attack he had three weeks earlier |
 ZEKE ZETTNER = AMERICAN = = Musician = = roadie and bass player for = = The Stooges {August to December 1970} = |
Born: THOMAS ZETTNER 21 September 1948 | Died: 10 November 1973 |
25 | Heroin Overdose |
 "STRINGBEAN" = AMERICAN = = Country Banjo Player and Comedian = |
Born: DAVID AKEMAN 17 June 1915 Annville, Kentucky, USA | Died: 10 November 1973 Ridgetop, Tennessee, USA |
58 | Murdered |
 ALOIS HÁBA = CZECH = = Composer, Music Theorist and Teacher = |
Born: 21 June 1893 Vizovice in Moravian Wallachia, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 18 November 1973 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC |
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 DE DE PIERCE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: JOSEPH DE LACROIX PIERCE 18 February 1904 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 23 November 1973 |
69 | |
 FRANK CHRISTIAN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: FRANK JOSEPH CHRISTIAN 3 September 1887 Bywater neighborhood of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana | Died: 27 November 1973 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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 EMILE CHRISTIAN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trombonist = |
Born: EMILE JOSEPH CHRISTIAN 20 April 1895 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 3 December 1973 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
78 | |
 BOBBY DARIN = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actor = |
Born: WALDEN ROBERT CASSOTTO 14 May 1936 East Harlem, New York City, New York, USA | Died: 20 December 1973 Los Angeles, California, USA |
37 | Heart Failure |
 CÄWDÄT FÄYZI = RUSSIAN-SOVIET = = Tatar Composer and Folklorist = |
Born: FÄYZULLIN CÄWDÄT XARIS ULI 1910 | Died: 1973 |
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