Divorced. George Blake, 44, British diplomat turned Soviet spy, who triggered a national prison-security scandal last October when he sawed his way out of London's Wormwood Scrubbs, where he was serving a 42-year sentence, and presumably fled the country; by Gillian Blake, 33; on grounds of cruelty; after twelve years of marriage, three children; in London.

Divorced. By Edwin Russell, 52, publisher of the Harrisburg Patriot-News; Iris Paine Russell, 40, wealthy descendant of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt; on grounds of "incompatibility of character"; after 18 weeks of marriage (which took place last October, just 24 days after he was divorced by her second cousin, Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill); in Juarez, Mexico.

Died. Victor A. Johnston, 66, longtime Republican senatorial campaign director, known as "the silver fox of Capitol Hill" because of his handsome white mane and his sharp nose for turning up election funds, who in 18 years raised uncounted millions to help such candidates as Harold E. Stassen, Joseph McCarthy, Robert A. Taft, and Barry Goldwater, and counted as one of his toughest jobs finding financial support last year for Oregon's Mark Hatfield, whose dovelike stand on Viet Nam soured many powerful G.O.P. moneymen; of a heart attack; in Miami.

Died. Arthur Lewis Miller, 74, longtime (1943-59) Republican Congressman from Nebraska, a practicing physician-turned-conservative legislator who devoted his career to fighting what he considered "socialist giveaways" such as foreign aid, public-power projects and all welfare programs; of heart disease; in Chevy Chase, Md.

Died. Geraldine Farrar, 85, soprano at the Met during opera's golden age, who won her early triumphs in Europe before going home in 1906 to debut at the Met, where she reigned for 16 years of tumultuous adulation through 493 performances in 30 roles, blending her vibrant voice with Caruso's celebrated tenor, before suddenly retiring in 1922 at the peak of her career; of a heart attack; in Ridgefield, Conn.

Died. Alice Tisdale Hobart, 85, author, who sailed to China to visit a sister in 1908, stayed on to marry an oil-company official and crisscross the land until 1927, when she settled down in the U.S. to spin her impressions into novels, first Oil for the Lamps of China, a 1933 bestseller and 1935 movie, followed by six others (The Innocent Dreamers) centered in Asia and permeated with foreboding of endless strife because of the clash of races and cultures; of cancer; in Oakland, Calif.

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