July 30, 2013

2013Cecil Alexander, American architect, designed the State of Georgia Building (born 1918)^[†]

Cecil Abraham Alexander, Jr. was an American architect, principally a designer of commercial architecture, best known for his work in Atlanta, Georgia. He worked with the firm FABRAP, which, in 1985, became Rosser FABRAP International and later Rosser International. Together with other architects of the firm, he "shaped the skyline of Atlanta".

2013Berthold Beitz, German businessman (born 1913)^[†]

Berthold Beitz was a German industrialist. He was the head of the Krupp steel conglomerate beginning in the 1950s. He was credited with helping to lead the re-industrialization of the Ruhr Valley and rebuilding Germany into an industrial power.

2013Robert Neelly Bellah, American sociologist and author (born 1927)^[†]

Robert Neelly Bellah was an American sociologist and the Elliott Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was internationally known for his work related to the sociology of religion.

2013Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (born 1914)^[†]

Harry Flood Byrd Jr. was an American orchardist, newspaper publisher, and politician. He served in the Senate of Virginia and then represented Virginia in the United States Senate, succeeding his father, Harry F. Byrd Sr. His public service spanned thirty-six years, while he was a publisher of several Virginia newspapers. After the decline of the Byrd Organization due to its massive resistance to racial integration of public schools, he abandoned the Democratic Party in 1970, citing concern about its leftward tilt. He rehabilitated his political career, becoming the first independent in the history of the U.S. Senate to be elected by a majority of the popular vote.

2013Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1924)^[†]

Antoni Ramallets Simón was a Spanish football goalkeeper and manager.

2013Ossie Schectman, American basketball player (born 1919)^[†]

Oscar Benjamin "Ossie" Schectman was an American professional basketball player. He is credited with having scored the first basket in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which would later become the National Basketball Association (NBA).

2013Benjamin Walker, Indian-English author, poet, and playwright (born 1913)^[†]

Benjamin Walker was the truncated pen name of George Benjamin Walker, who also wrote under the pseudonym Jivan Bhakar. He was a British citizen, an Indian-born author on religion and philosophy, and an authority on esoterica.