Married. Peter Sellers, 44, multi-faceted British comedian; and Miranda Quarry, 23, stepdaughter of Lord Mancroft, former Tory minister and director of the Cunard Steam-Ship Co.; he for the third time (previous wives: Actresses Anne Hayes and Britt Ekland), she for the first; in a civil ceremony in London.

Divorced. By Andre Previn, 41, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, Broadway (Coco) composer, and father of Mia Farrow's twin sons: Dory Previn, 44, lyricist who recently recorded Beware of Young Girls in lament of Andre's departure: after ten years of marriage, no children; in Los Angeles. Previn and Mia are presently in the wilds of Scotland, where, he says, they will be married, presumably as soon as he has signed the divorce papers and returned them to Los Angeles.

Divorced. Dr. William H. Masters, 54, sex researcher and therapist, co-author of the bestselling Human Sexual Inadequacy (TIME cover, May 25); by Elisabeth Masters, 54, on grounds of desertion; after 28 years of marriage, two children; in St. Louis. In another legal action last week, Masters and his associate, Mrs. Virginia Johnson, were named as defendants in a $750,000 suit brought by a former patient who claimed that without his knowledge they had twice "procured" his wife (for fees of $500 and $250) as a sex partner for other male patients. Retorted Masters: "Ridiculous. We would be delighted to disprove such a situation when the opportunity arises."

Died. Ed Rommel, 72, star American League pitcher who later became the first big league umpire to wear glasses on the job; after a long illness; in Baltimore. Rommel broke into the majors with the Philadelphia A's in 1920 on the strength of his spitball, which was outlawed the same year. He quickly developed an effective wobbling knuckle ball that helped him run up a 171-119 record (best season: 27-13 with the A's in 1922) before settling down to a 22-year career as one of the game's most respected men in blue.

Died. Dr. Hermann Knaus, 77, Austrian gynecologist and a developer of the rhythm method of birth control; of cancer of the spleen; in Graz, Austria. Knaus's discovery in the late '20s that the nonfertile periods between ovulation and menstruation may be calculated led to widespread use of the rhythm method; it is still the only form of birth control officially sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church. A Catholic himself, Knaus vehemently opposed use of the Pill, which he called "hormonal rape of the body."

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