Famous Deaths in June 1973

Jun 4 Arna Bontemps, American poet (Harlem Renaissance), dies of heart attack at 72 in Nashville

Jun 4 Murray Wilson, father of beachboys Brian, Carl & Dennis, dies at 55
Jun 4 Emma "Grandma" Gatewood, American ultra-light hiking pioneer and 1st woman to hike the Appalachian Trail alone, dies of an apparent heart attack at 85
Jun 5 Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82
Jun 7 Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50
Jun 7 Christine Lavant, Austrian poet and writer (Das Kind), dies at 57
Jun 8 Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76
Jun 8 Gerald F. Bogan, U.S. Navy aviator and vice admiral who served in World War I & II, dies at 78
Jun 9 Erich von Manstein, German military commander (b. 1887)
Jun 10 William M. Inge, American playwright (Come Back Little Sheba), dies at 60
Jun 13 Alvin Derold Etler, composer, dies at 60
Jun 13 Frantisek Suchy, composer, dies at 82

Jun 17 Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born, American actor, author and translator (One Man's Family), dies at 66

Jun 17 Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian modernist artist, dies at 86

Jun 18 Fritz Mahler, Austrian composer, dies at 71
Jun 18 Roger Delgado, English actor (Doctor Who, Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enough for June), dies in a road accident at 55
Jun 18 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
Jun 21 Frank Leahy, American football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64
Jun 22 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77
Jun 23 Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77
Jun 24 Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99
Jun 24 George "Bud" Hamilton Westmore, American film make-up artist (Westmore family), dies after a heart attack at 55
Jun 26 Arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59
Jun 26 Ernest Truex, American actor (Fluffy, Scared, His Girl Friday, Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at 83
Jun 27 Earl Browder, leader US Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82
Jun 29 Tin-Tan [Germán Valdés], Mexican actor, singer and comedian (Spanish dubbing of The Jungle Book, The Aristocats), dies from cancer at 57
Jun 30 Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died
Jun 30 Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Bishop and Martyr (b. 1903)
Jun 30 Nancy Mitford, English author (Love in a Cold Climate), one of the Mitford sisters, dies of cancer at 68