Divorced. Jean-Paul Belmondo, 34, the French cinema's favorite boogeyman (Breathless, The Thief of Paris); and Elodie Belmondo, 31; by mutual consent; after nine years of marriage, three children; in Paris. He charged her with "a guilty relationship with a friend in Switzerland" and she accused him of "corporal relations with a well-known actress" (Ursula Andress' best notice to date).

Died. The Rt. Rev. Joost de Blank, 59, former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; of a stroke; in London. Arriving in South Africa in 1957, the Dutch-born prelate raged against apartheid, calling for an end to the government's racist policies, opening his cathedral doors to all races, criticizing the Dutch Reformed Church for its failure to denounce apartheid--all of which stirred an uproar that did not subside until he moved to London in 1963 as Canon of Westminster Abbey.

Died. Don Quinn, 67, creator of radio's old Fibber McGee and Molly show; of a heart attack; in Los Angeles. " 'Tain't funny, McGee," said Molly to her roguish husband. Well, it was--so funny, in fact, that the line went into the language, and the nittering, nattering couple at 79 Wistful Vista enjoyed one of the longest lives in radio comedy, from 1935 to 1956, when they died a natural death.

Died. Vincent Massey, 80, Actor Raymond's elder brother, longtime Canadian diplomat and Governor-General from 1952 to 1959; of pneumonia; in London. A devoted nationalist in a divided land searching for identity, Massey spent a lifetime at home and abroad championing the idea of Canada's "Canadianness"--a nation distinct from its U.S. good neighbor and Franco-British forefathers. In that cause, he gave an added dimension to the largely ceremonial office of Governor-General, using every ribbon-cutting, banquet, trip and state function to insist that "what we do should have a Canadian character. Nobody looks his best in somebody else's clothes."

Died. Waddill Catchings, 88, Wall Street financier and spectacular loser in the 1929 crash; of a kidney infection; in Pompano Beach, Fla. During the market madness of the 1920s, Catchings rose from a clerk to president of investment bankers Goldman, Sachs & Co., sat on the boards of 29 companies, and in 1928 launched Goldman Sachs Trading Corp.--a mutual fund which cost its holders close to $300 million when the price plummeted from $232 to $1.75 per share. Catchings resigned, later headed Muzak Corp. and retired last year as president of Concord Fund, Inc.

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