Divorced. Ernest Borgnine (real name: Ermes Effron Borgnine), 41, Oscar-winning (Marty) cinemactor; by Rhoda Kemins Borgnine, 34; after nine years of marriage, one child; in Santa Monica, Calif, (see SHOW BUSINESS).

Died. Ernest O. Lawrence, 57, Nobel prizewinning physicist; after surgery for ulcerative colitis; in Palo Alto, Calif. (see SCIENCE).

Died. Mildred Mudd, 67, widow of California Mining Engineer Harvey Seeley Mudd, onetime (1939-41) national president of the Girl Scouts, benefactress and board chairman of California's new Harvey Mudd College (see EDUCATION); after long illness; in Los Angeles.

Died. Alfred Thomas Goldie Gardner, 68, youth-defying British auto racer, first light-car driver (in a souped-up MG) to crack 200 m.p.h., holder at his death of four international records; in Eastbourne, England. "To cut wind resistance, I drive on my stomach," said Goldie Gardner. "A poor chap in an American hot rod has to sit upright--frightfully drafty." Flat out, Gardner, at a youthful 61, set 16 records in one day on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1951, 21 more (in one week) the next year.

Died. Lieut. General John C. H. Lee, U.S.A. (ret.), 71, General Eisenhower's chief supply officer in the European Theater of Operations during World War II, who implemented the fabulous air and sea operation that kept U.S. troops on the Continent supplied with food and the material of war; of a coronary occlusion; in York, Pa. After the war, hard-driving "Courthouse" Lee commanded the Mediterranean Theater from headquarters in Italy, survived loud accusations in the press that he abused his authority by inflating rank's privileges. Following his retirement in 1947, Lee became active among the laity of the Episcopal Church, served as a vice president of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew.

Died. Kaung Zang-tze, 73, Methodist bishop in Red China, longtime minister who in 1930 baptized Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek into the Christian faith; of pneumonia; in Shanghai. In 1949 when the Communist regime took over, Kaung Zang-tze refused to flee Peking, saying his duty was to stay and look after the Christian population.

Died. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 85, British composer; in London (see Music).

Died. Georges Lecompte, 91, august, white-bearded permanent secretary of the august 40-member French Academy, playwright (La Meule, Mirages), novelist (L'Espoir, Servitude Amoureuse), historian (Espagne), art critic (L'Art Impressioniste); in Paris.

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