MARRIED. William Agee, 44, chairman of Bendix Corp.; and Mary Cunningham, 30, vice president of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons and former vice president of Bendix, who quit that post after rumors credited her promotion to a romance with Agee; both for the second time; in San Francisco. Agee recently converted to Roman Catholicism, and Cunningham won an annulment of her first marriage.

DIED. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 36, prolific, iconoclastic Wunderkind of the new German cinema, who gained international recognition with his 1978 The Marriage of Maria Braun; of undetermined causes (though an overdose of drugs and alcohol is suspected); in Munich. An acerbic leftist and avowed homosexual, he turned out some 40 films in 13 years. "I read something in the paper, or somebody tells me a story, and I know that second: I must make a movie out of it," he once said. Inspired by Brecht and Hollywood soap operas, his often autobiographical scripts dealt with the theme of power in contemporary society and reflected his view that individuals and classes inevitably corrupt one another.

DIED. Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., 60, audacious faker and inspiration for the 1960 movie The Great Impostor; of a heart attack; in Anaheim, Calif. Although he never finished high school, Demara successfully masqueraded as a Trappist monk, college philosophy teacher, cancer researcher, deputy prison warden and Canadian naval surgeon aboard a destroyer during the Korean War. His surgical feats, learned from textbooks, earned public praise that, in turn, led to his unmasking.

DIED. Leroy ("Satchel") Paige, 75 or perhaps more, ageless, flamboyant fastball pitcher who became a legend during two decades in the old Negro leagues, even before breaking into the majors as a rookie of 42--the first black pitcher in the American League; of a heart attack; in Kansas City, Mo. "Do you throw that hard consistently?" asked his first manager. "No, sir," said Satchel, "I do it all the time." Paige (his nickname came from carrying satchels at a railroad depot as a child) estimated that he pitched 2,500 games in the black leagues, won 2,000, including 100 no-hitters, and in one year played 153 games, tailing on 29 consecutive days. Said St. Louis Ace Dizzy Dean, who lost a 1-0, 13-inning exhibition to him: "My fastball looks like a change of pace alongside that little pistol bullet Satch shoots up to the plate." Known for his pinpoint control--and showmanship--Paige could drive five nails into a board with ten pitches. He spent six years on and off in the majors, where he was always a great crowd pleaser and sometimes still a great pitcher. In his last three innings, at 59, he struck out one, gave up one hit and no runs. A homespun philosopher, the Hall of Fame member lived by one abiding rule: "Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you."

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