Divorced. Natalie Wood, 33, doe-eyed child actress who grew into fully adult roles (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Splendor in the Grass); and Richard J. Gregson, 41, talent agent and sometime film producer (Downhill Racer);, after three years of marriage, one child; in Santa Monica, Calif.

Died. C.W. Ceram, 57, German journalist and author whose 1949 history of archaeology, Gods, Graves and Scholars, became an international bestseller; of heart disease; in Hamburg. A book and drama critic during the early '30s, he switched to the less political field of art history when the Nazis came to power. He joined the Wehrmacht in World War II, was captured by the Americans, and developed his interest in archaeology while a prisoner of war. For Gods' publication, he reversed and Anglicized his real name, Kurt W. Marek. The book sold more than 4,000,000 copies, and "Ceram" became the byline on his later works as well.

Died. Piero Calamai, 75, captain of the Andrea Doria when, on July 25, 1956, the Italian liner collided with the Stockholm off the Nantucket coast and sank; in Genoa, Italy. Though a naval veteran of 39 years and both World Wars, Calamai retired to the hills of Liguria following the inquiry into the collision and never ventured to sea again.

Died. James F. Byrnes, 92, versatile public man who wielded great power in the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations; in Columbia, S.C. Already a House and Senate veteran in the 1930s, Byrnes, though a conservative, used his influence and tactical skill to get much New Deal legislation passed for his old friend F.D.R. As a reward, and perhaps as compensation for having passed Byrnes over for the vice presidential nomination, Roosevelt appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1941. Just 16 months later, the new Associate Justice was happy to leave the tranquillity of the bench to take over the Office of Economic Stabilization and then the War Mobilization Board. The latter post gave him so much control over the home front that Roosevelt called him the assistant President. As peace approached, Byrnes became increasingly involved with foreign affairs and went to Potsdam as Harry Truman's Secretary of State. After the war his attitude toward the Russians hardened and this involved him in a bitter dispute with the more moderate members of Truman's Cabinet. Eventually Byrnes' deep conservatism reasserted itself and he fell out with both the President and the National Democratic Party. In 1950, at the age of 71, he was elected Governor of South Carolina on a segregationist platform.

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