June 11, 2013

2013Miller Barber, American golfer (born 1931)^[†]

Miller Westford Barber Jr. was an American professional golfer. He enjoyed significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s, and a greater degree of success on the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s.

2013Carl W. Bauer, American lawyer and politician (born 1933)^[†]

Carl Wiegmann Bauer was a lawyer and businessman who served as a Democrat in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1966 to 1976 and capped his career as the chief lobbyist, specifically the "Coordinator of Governmental Relations," for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

2013Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)^[†]

Robert William Fogel was an American economic historian and winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. As of his death, he was the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions and director of the Center for Population Economics (CPE) at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He is best known as an advocate of new economic history (cliometrics) – the use of quantitative methods in history.

2013James Grimsley, Jr., American general (born 1921)^[†]

James Alexander Grimsley Jr., was a United States Army Major General and combat veteran of two wars who also served as President of his alma mater, The Citadel from 1980 to 1989.

2013Rory Morrison, English journalist (born 1964)^[†]

Rory David Morrison was a newsreader and continuity announcer for BBC Radio 4.

2013Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (born 1992)^[†]

Kristiāns Pelšs was a Latvian ice hockey player. He was the son of poet and translator Einārs Pelšs. At the time of his death, he played for the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League.