List of Famous people who died at 49

Richard Gary Brautigan was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. His work often clinically and surrealistically employs black comedy, parody, and satire, with emotionally blunt prose describing pastoral American life intertwining with technological progress. He is best known for his novels Trout Fishing in America (1967) and In Watermelon Sugar (1968).

Teresa Iżewska was a Polish actress. She appeared in ten films between 1957 and 1982.

The assassination of Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir occurred on 27 January 1973 in Santa Barbara, California. The two Turkish diplomats, Consul General Baydir and Vice Consul Demir, were murdered by an Armenian-American by the name of Gourgen Yanikian. Yanikian, using an alias, had invited the Turkish diplomats to lunch and shot them dead when they showed up.

Anita Pichler was an Italian author and translator from South Tyrol who wrote in German. She was the first post-war author to achieve visibility outside that region.

Christian Ferras was a French violinist.

Jürgen Schütze was an East German racing cyclist, who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.