Divorced. Grace Bumbry, 35, well-turned mezzo-soprano who progressed from Arthur Godfrey's radio show Talent Scouts to New York's Metropolitan Opera; and Erwin Andreas Jaeckel, 38, German tenor; after nine years of marriage, no children; in Berlin.

Died. Andrew Mallory, 37, subject of a landmark 1957 Supreme Court decision that extended the rights of criminal suspects (see THE LAW).

Died. Aline Saarinen, 58, art critic, newswoman and widow of Architect Eero Saarinen; from a brain tumor; in Manhattan. A former managing editor of Art News, Saarinen began her television career eight years ago as a correspondent on NBC's Today show. Handsome and gay, acerbic and outspoken, she was a refreshing commentator on a wide range of subjects on her own TV talk show, For Women Only, before NBC sent her to Paris in 1971 as the first woman bureau chief in television history.

Died. John F.X. McGohey, 78, Government prosecutor in the celebrated 1949 trial of Eugene Dennis and ten Communists for conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government by force; of pneumonia; in Manhattan. In a heated nine-month trial before Judge Harold Medina, McGohey persisted through uproarious courtroom disruptions in pressing for the conviction of the U.S. Communist Party's national board. The case ended in jail terms for the defendants, and McGohey was rewarded for his victory with a federal judgeship.

Died. Josephine P. Boardman Crane, 98, pioneer of progressive education, in Falmouth, Mass. A philanthropist and founder of the New York Museum of Modern Art, Mrs. Crane was the original sponsor of the Dalton Plan, a much-copied experiment in education adopted in 1919 in the Dalton, Mass., public school near her home. The plan, now the basis of New York's Dalton and many other schools, permits students to work at their own pace, freed from daily assignments, provided they meet a set goal.

Died. Frasier, twentyish, veteran circus lion who earned nomination as 1972's National Father of the Year; after a brief illness; in Laguna Hills, Calif. Despite advancing age and a lengthy layoff from circus duties, Frasier returned to show business by fathering 35 lion cubs in an 18-month period. The feat won accolades from a legion of senior citizens, who adopted him as their mascot, and a lion's share of royalties for his owners, Lion Country Safari, Inc., from Frasier T shirts, watches and barbecue aprons.

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