SEEKING DIVORCE. Dolores Hrabosky, 27; from Al Hrabosky, 28, St. Louis Cardinal ace relief pitcher, nicknamed the "Mad Hungarian" because of his unsettling mannerisms on the mound; after seven years of marriage; in Clayton, Mo. Says Hrabosky, who admits to practicing psy-war on batters: "If my mother was up at the plate, I'd hit her. I'm not the nice guy everyone makes me out to be."

DIVORCED. Joseph Alioto, 61; former San Francisco mayor; and Angelina Alioto, 61; after 36 years of marriage, six children; in San Francisco. The Aliotos' domestic troubles became public during his unsuccessful 1974 gubernatorial bid when Angelina disappeared for 17 days (it later turned out she had been touring California missions) and publicly chided her husband for neglecting her. Still pending before the court is the division of Alioto's estimated $6 million estate.

DIED. Jean Hagen, 54, stage, screen and TV actress best remembered for her role as Danny Thomas' wife in the TV series Make Room for Daddy; of throat cancer; in Woodland Hills, Calif. Hagen started her career in daytime radio serials, then moved on to Broadway (Ghosts, Born Yesterday) and Hollywood (the fading star in Singin' in the Rain).

DIED. Ethel Waters, 80, spellbinding black honky-tonk singer who became a dramatic star on Broadway; of heart disease; in Chatsworth, Calif. Born out of wedlock in abject poverty and farmed out to a succession of relatives, Waters was working as a chambermaid for $3.50 a week when she won first prize at an amateur night. She went on to sing what she later called "ungodly raw" songs in Southern black nightclubs. A decade later she started performing for white folks, and was already known as "Queen of the Blues" when Irving Berlin heard her at Harlem's Cotton Club and cast her in As Thousands Cheer. A tremendous hit, she went on to the dramatic roles she preferred, including that of Berenice Sadie Brown, the compassionate and eloquent cook in both stage and screen versions of The Member of the Wedding. In 1951 she published His Eye Is on the Sparrow, a frank, resentful, sordid account of her life and religiosity ("The Catholic religion gives you a beautiful image to cuddle"). Rededicating herself to Christ, she sang regularly for Evangelist Billy Graham's crusades during the '60s. Although Waters made millions during her career, she was a soft touch and died poor. Said she: "Where I come from, people don't get close enough to money to keep a working acquaintance with it."

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