DIVORCED. Carl Sagan, 46, astronomer, author and star of the PBS TV series Cosmos; and Artist Linda Sagan, 38; after twelve years of marriage, one son; in Los Angeles. Sagan, who separated from Linda 3 1/2 years ago, plans to marry Novelist Ann Druyan in June.

DIED. Peter H. Dominick, 65, Colorado Republican who spent two years in the U.S. House of Representatives and twelve years in the Senate and who served in 1975 as the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland; of a heart attack; in Hobe Sound, Fla. A staunch conservative and anti-Communist who was proud of his efforts to preserve the American wilderness, the Yale-educated Dominick was elected to the House in 1960 and to the Senate two years later, retaining his seat until he was defeated in 1974 by Democrat Gary Hart. Dominick was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland the next year by President Ford, but served only seven months before multiple sclerosis forced him to resign.

DIED. Eleanor Perry, 66, screenwriter who collaborated with her then husband Director Frank Perry on Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) and David and Lisa (1962), and who won Emmy Awards for the TV screenplays for A Christmas Memory and The House Without a Christmas Tree; of cancer; in New York City. A feminist who fought the Hollywood stereotype of women as victims and sex objects, she divorced Perry in 1971, and eight years later published a novel, Blue Pages, describing the exploitation of a female screenwriter by her film-maker husband.

DIED. Paul ("Daffy") Dean, 67, pitcher who helped lead the St. Louis Cardinals to the world championship in 1934, winning 19 games in the regular season and two more against the Detroit Tigers In the World Series; of a heart attack; in Springdale, Ark. An Arkansas farm boy whose career was overshadowed by that of his Hall of Fame brother "Dizzy," he compiled a lifetime record of 50-34 with an earned-run average of 3.75. Frankie Frisch, who was the Cardinals' second baseman and manager in 1934, once said that Daffy threw the "damndest, heaviest sinker you ever saw. When a batter hit one of those pitches, his hands stung as painfully in July as if he'd swung an icicle in December."

DIED. Rene Clair, 82, pre-eminent French director who used surrealism and satire to limn the absurdities of human behavior in such classic films as Paris Qui Don (1923), Entr'acte (1924), Le Million (1931) and A Nous la Liberte(1932); of a heart attack; in Neuilly, France. Clair made several English-language movies in the U.S. during World War II, including I Married a Witch (1942) and It Happened Tomorrow (1943), before returning to France to direct films, write novels and in 1973 produce Orphee et Eurydice at the Paris Opera. Clair once said: "A girl and a gun always succeed. But the great masters D.W. Griffith and Charlie Chaplin never needed that combination. I never did either."

DIED. Metropolitan Ireney, 88, former primate of the Orthodox Church in America, who headed its 1 million-member congregation from 1965 to 1977; of a heart attack; in New York City.

This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so viewer discretion is required.