List of Famous people who died at 73

Carlson Gracie was a practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. A member of the Gracie family, he was the eldest son of Carlos Gracie, and nephew to Hélio Gracie, founders of the Gracie jiu-jitsu.

Hans Heyting, born Johannes Heijting was a Dutch poet, playwright, radio personality, children's book writer and painter. Writing in Drèents, he was one of the earliest Drèents writers to express personal themes and is considered to have been "the first true, modern Drèents poet who innovated old forms and showed new ways".

Sylvia Holland was a British-born concept artist, illustrator, and the second woman to become a storyboard artist for Walt Disney Productions. She worked for Disney in the 1930s and 1940s and is especially known for her work on the 1940 film Fantasia.

Margaret Penelope June Wallace was an English crime writer and the daughter of Edgar Wallace.

Raymond Tucker was the 38th mayor of St. Louis, serving from 1953 to 1965.

Sir Roger Bentham Stevens, GCMG was a British academic, diplomat and civil servant.

Mikhail Georgievich Pervukhin was a Soviet official during the Stalin Era and Khrushchev Era. He served as a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, literally First Vice-Premier of the Soviet Union, from 1955 to 1957.