1973
From Tolkien Gateway
April
- 9 - W.H. Lewis, Inkling, dies.
August
- 17-20 - Mythcon IV.
September
- 2 - After visiting friends in Bornemouth, J.R.R. Tolkien becomes ill and dies, at the age of eighty-one. He is buried next to his wife, Edith.
- 29 - W.H. Auden, long time friend of Tolkien, dies.
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- ? - The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1973 released.
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