List of Famous people who died at 73

Fritz Glarner was a Swiss-American painter.

Simon Arthur Noël Raven was an English author, playwright, essayist, television writer, and screenwriter. He is known for his louche lifestyle as much as for his literary output.

Hassan al-Amri Known as The General of Yemen. He was born in a Yemeni village called Al-Amaryah—his surname indicates that—in Al-Hada District. He was the Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic for five terms between 1964 and 1971.

George Dewey Clyde was an American politician and the tenth Governor of Utah, serving two terms from 1957 until 1965 as a Republican.

Pamulaparthi Venkata Ranga Rao was an Indian politician who belonged to the Indian National Congress. He was son of former Prime Minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao

Byron Lee, OJ, CD, born Byron Aloysius St. Elmo Lee, was a Jamaican musician, record producer, and entrepreneur, best known for his work as leader of Byron Lee and the Dragonaires.

Fernand Quinet was a Belgian cellist, conductor, and composer. A native of Charleroi, he studied music theory in the city of his birth prior to enrolling in the Brussels Conservatory; there, his instructors included Edouard Jacobs for cello and Léon Dubois for composition. He also studied under Adolphe Biarent. Much of his career was dedicated to teaching and conducting; from 1924 until 1938 he led the conservatory in Charelroi, and in the latter year succeeded François Rasse as the director of the Royal Conservatory of Liège, in which role he remained until 1963. In 1948 he founded the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, whose principal conductor he was until 1965. From 1916 he was a member of the Pro Arte Quartet, but he ceased playing the cello in 1923. As a composer, Quinet produced relatively little music; his output consists mainly of songs and chamber pieces, but includes some orchestral music as well. His cantata La guerre received the Prix de Rome for 1921.