List of Famous people who died at 73

Alex Métayer (1930–2004) was a French humorist.

Vivi Bach was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 48 films between 1958 and 1974. Bach was born as Vivi Bak in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died on Ibiza, Spain, where she lived with her husband, the Austrian film actor Dietmar Schönherr.

David Frankfurter was a Croatian Jew. He is known for having assassinated Swiss branch leader of the German NSDAP Wilhelm Gustloff in February 1936 in Davos, Switzerland.

Robert Antelme was a French writer. During the Second World War he was involved in the French Resistance and deported.

Elena Ceaușescu was a Romanian communist politician who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania.

Peter Aufschnaiter was a Tyrolean mountaineer, agricultural scientist, geographer, and cartographer. His experiences with fellow climber Heinrich Harrer during World War II were depicted in the 1997 film Seven Years in Tibet.

Raul Christiano Machado Cortez was a Brazilian actor. He was born in São Paulo and was the father of actress Lígia Cortez. He worked in television, theater and movies. Cortez died of pancreatic cancer in 2006, aged 73.

Thomas Hale "Tommy" Boggs Jr. was an American lawyer and lobbyist based in Washington, D.C.

Sabine Eggerth was a German film and television actress. Eggerth was a child actor who made her debut aged ten in Anna Louise and Anton (1953). She played the title role in the 1955 film His Daughter is Called Peter. In the 1960s she switched to playing grown-up roles in television series.

Steve Young was an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for his song "Seven Bridges Road". He was a pioneer of the country rock, Americana, and alternative country sounds, and also a vital force behind the "outlaw movement" that gave support to the careers of Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Jr. and more. Young was also featured in the 1975 Outlaw Country documentary Heartworn Highways. He was the subject of the song "The All Golden" by Van Dyke Parks. Young's first album, Rock Salt & Nails, on A&M, featured Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, and other musicians from the 1969 musical community in Southern California.