1973

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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1973.

January

• 14 - Reader N.J. Kyle writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
• 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to N.J. Kyle.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Patrick Hunt, who is in prison.

March

• 3 - A tobacco bill is submitted to J.R.R. Tolkien, on which he scribbles a note.
• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 348.
• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 349.
• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Clyde S. Kilby.

April

• 9 - W.H. Lewis, Inkling, dies.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Dr. Denis Tolhurst.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to John Higgins.

May

• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien takes a holiday to Bournemouth.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 350.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 351.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Philip Brown.

June

• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 352.
• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to James A.H. Murray.
• 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Elena Jeronimides.
• 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Bruce Charlton.

July

• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Norman Power.

August

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 353.
• 9 - The last fotograph of J.R.R. Tolkien is taken, in front of his favourite tree, the Pinus Nigra, at the botanic garden in Oxford.
• 17-20 - Mythcon IV.
• 24 - Actress Grey DeLisle is born.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien takes a holiday to visit friends in Bournemouth.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 354, the last letter to be included in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien lunches with Robert Murray (and possibly others).

September

• 2 - After visiting friends in Bournemouth, J.R.R. Tolkien becomes ill and dies, at the age of eighty-one. He is buried next to his wife, Edith.
• 6 - A requiem Mass for J.R.R. Tolkien is held in the Church of St Anthony of Padua in Headington, Oxford. Father Robert Murray assists.
• 28 - The National Review publishes an article on J.R.R. Tolkien's death.
• 29 - W.H. Auden, long time friend of Tolkien, dies.
• ? - Mythprint (Vol.8, No.3), including a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Joan O. Falconer, is published.

December

• 1 - Actor Duncan McIntyre dies.
• ? - Games designer Nathan Segerlind is born.

?

• ? - Rosfrith Murray, friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
• ? - Funeral Customs in Tolkien's Trilogy is published.
• ? - R.B. McCallum, Inkling, dies.
• ? - The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1973 released.

Years 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976