List of Famous people who died at 73

Carlos 'El Professor' Hank González (Politician)

First Name Carlos
Last Name (Politician)
Born on August 28, 1927
Died on August 11, 2001 (aged 73)

Carlos Hank González (1927–2001), nicknamed El Profesor, was a Mexican politician and influential businessman. Originally a teacher, he was an entrepreneur who built political contacts along with a business empire, leading to various government and political positions at the state and national level. He was prevented from seeking the presidency due to laws requiring both parents to be Mexicans by birth; his father was German. He has been involved in drug trafficking, money laundering, corruption, and criminal threats.

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John Prine

First Name John
Last Name Prine
Born on October 10, 1946
Died on April 7, 2020 (aged 73)

John Edward Prine was an American country folk singer-songwriter. He was active as a composer, recording artist, live performer, and occasional actor from the early 1970s until his death, and was known for an often humorous style of original music that has elements of protest and social commentary.

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Joan Crawford

Lucille Fay LeSueur
First Name Joan
Last Name Crawford
Born on March 23, 1904
Died on May 10, 1977 (aged 73)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Joan Crawford was an American film and television actress who began her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting as a chorus girl on Broadway. Crawford then signed a motion picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925; her career spanned six decades, multiple studios, and controversies.

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René Angélil

First Name René
Last Name Angélil
Born on January 16, 1942
Died on January 14, 2016 (aged 73)
Born in Canada, Quebec

René Angélil, was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was the manager (1981–2014) and husband of singer Céline Dion.

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Anne Bancroft

First Name Anne
Last Name Bancroft
Born on September 17, 1931
Died on June 6, 2005 (aged 73)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Anne Bancroft was an American actress, director, screenwriter and singer. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She is one of only 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.

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Ray Charles

First Name Ray
Last Name Charles
Died on June 10, 2004 (aged 34)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Ray Charles Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray." He was often referred to as "The Genius." Charles was blinded during childhood due to glaucoma.

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Pat Morita

First Name Pat
Last Name Morita
Born on June 28, 1932
Died on November 24, 2005 (aged 73)
Height 159 cm | 5'3

Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was a Japanese-American actor, voice actor, and comedian. He was known for his roles as Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days (1975–1983), Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid film series, Mike Woo in The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, and The Emperor of China in Mulan and Mulan II. Morita was nominated for the 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid., which would be the first of a media franchise in which Morita was the central player for much of his later career. Morita also portrayed Ah Chew in Sanford and Son (1974–1976). Morita was the series lead actor in the television program Mr. T and Tina (1976) and in Ohara (1987–1988), a police-themed drama. The two shows made history for being among the few TV shows with an Asian American series lead.

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Sam Shepard

Samuel Shepard Rogers III
First Name Sam
Last Name Shepard
Born on November 5, 1943
Died on July 27, 2017 (aged 73)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Samuel Shepard Rogers III was an American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose career spanned half a century. He won ten Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most won by any writer or director. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film The Right Stuff. He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. New York magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation."

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown
First Name James
Last Name Brown
Born on May 3, 1933
Died on December 25, 2006 (aged 73)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. A progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music dance, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted over 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres. Brown was one of the first ten inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its inaugural induction dinner in New York on January 23, 1986.

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June Carter Cash

Valerie June Carter
First Name June
Last Name Cash
Born on June 23, 1929
Died on May 15, 2003 (aged 73)

June Carter Cash was a five-time Grammy award-winning American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, comedian, and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Prior to her marriage to Cash, she was professionally known as June Carter and occasionally was still credited as such after her marriage.

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