List of Famous people who died at 73
Jean-Pierre Autheman
Jean-Pierre Autheman was a French comic book author. He was also occasionally a novelist, illustrator, and cartoonist.
Alain Viala
Alain Viala was a sociologist and literature scholar, and a professor of French literature at the University of Oxford and at the University of Paris III and a fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He worked mainly on the French literature of the 17th century.
Tabu Ley Rochereau
Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu, better known as Tabu Ley Rochereau, was a leading African rumba singer-songwriter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was the leader of Orchestre Afrisa International, as well as one of Africa's most influential vocalists and prolific songwriters. Along with guitarist Dr Nico Kasanda, Tabu Ley pioneered soukous and internationalised his music by fusing elements of Congolese folk music with Cuban, Caribbean and Latin American rumba. He has been described as "the Congolese personality who, along with Mobutu, marked Africa's 20th century history." He was dubbed "the African Elvis" by the Los Angeles Times. After the fall of the Mobutu regime, Tabu Ley also pursued a political career. His musical career ran parallel to the other great Congolese rhumba bandleader and rival Franco Luambo Makiadi who ran the band TPOK Jazz throughout the 1960s, 1970s and '80s.
Gérard Ducarouge
Gérard Ducarouge was a French Formula One car designer.
Abdallah Lamrani
Abdallah Lamrani was a Moroccan footballer who played as a defender. At club level, he played for FAR Rabat. He also played for the Morocco at international level, representing his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Lamrani was a sergeant of the Moroccan Army.
Sir Ralph Hare, 4th Baronet
John Stewart Gatehouse Pelly
Elisha Netanyahu
Elisha Netanyahu was an Israeli mathematician specializing in complex analysis. Over the course of his work at the Technion he was the Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and established the separate Department of Mathematics. Historian Benzion Netanyahu was his brother and Benjamin Netanyahu, current Prime Minister of Israel was his nephew.
Hilarius Moa Nurak
Hilarius Moa Nurak was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Michael Adeane, Baron Adeane
Michael Edward Adeane, Baron Adeane, was Private Secretary to Elizabeth II for 19 years, between 1953 and 1972.