SEEKING DIVORCE. Margaret Eastwood, 50, from Clint Eastwood, 52, cinematic nemesis of punks, Mafiosi and other assorted bad guys, who is one of Hollywood's richest men; after 31 years of marriage, two children; in Monterey, Calif. Separated since 1979, the couple reached a property settlement four years ago.

DECLARED DEAD. Helen Vorhees Brach, reclusive widow of Chicago Candy Tycoon Frank Brach and heir to the E.J. Brach & Sons candy company fortune, who vanished seven years ago at age 66 after a checkup at the Mayo Clinic; as of Feb. 17, 1977, the last day she was known to be alive; in Chicago. Most of the estimated $45 million estate will go to hospitals, churches and animal-welfare groups, but her will also includes a $50,000 annuity to John Matlick, 54, her longtime houseman and chauffeur, who was originally a suspect, though no evidence ever directly linked him to her disappearance.

DIED. Semyon F. Romanov, 63, colonel general in the Soviet armed forces who was chief of staff of the air defense forces last September when a fighter plane under his overall command shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 with a loss of 269 lives, and who defended the Soviet action four days later in Pravda; "in the line of duty," the customary phrase for a military officer; in East Germany, where he had just been assigned as a representative of the Soviet marshal commanding the Warsaw Pact forces, an apparent demotion that fueled speculation about a possible purge of those involved in the K.A.L. incident.

DIED. Peter Bull, 72, bristling, beetle-browed British character actor most memorable in Broadway's The Lady's Not for Burning and Luther and cinema's Tom Jones and Dr. Strangelove; of a heart attack; in London. Bull was known as one of the world's great arctophiles (Teddy bear lovers), owning more than 200 of the lovable furry beasts, and publishing two definitive books (Bear with Me, 1969, and Peter Bull's Book of Teddy Bears, 1976) on their history and charms.

DIED. John Marley, 76, veteran U.S. character actor of stage, screen and TV who appeared in such movies as John Cassavetes' Faces (1968), Love Story (1970) as the heroine's father, and The Godfather (1972) in which his scream, upon finding the head of his prize stallion on his bed, is one of the most unforgettable in films; after open-heart surgery; in Los Angeles.

DIED. George Zaharias, 76, huge, exuberant, cauliflower-eared professional wrestler who gave up his own highly successful career to manage that of his wife, Mildred ("Babe") Didrikson Zaharias, the top all-round woman athlete in the world until her death of cancer in 1956; of kidney and heart disease; in Tampa.