Divorced. Phillips Lord, 47, radio and television producer (Seth Parker, We, the People); by Donnie Boone Lord, 35, onetime orchestra leader; after eight years of marriage, one child; in Bangor, Me.

Died. Monty Banks (real name: Mario Bianchi), 52, Italian-born onetime silent film comedian, producer-director husband of British Comedienne Gracie Fields; of a heart ailment; in Arona, Italy.

Died. Tess Gardella, 52, 300-lb. blues singer and actress-in-black-face (the Scandals, Show Boat), known to millions as "Aunt Jemima"; of diabetes; in Brooklyn.

Died. Robert E. Ringling, 52, last surviving child of the five original Ringling Bros.; of a heart ailment; in Sarasota, Fla. In 1934 Baritone Ringling gave up a mildly successful career with the Chicago Civic Opera to help head the money-losing family circus; with cousin John Ringling North, he put the big top back on a paying basis, lost out as president after an extended family quarrel and legal battle, ended as chairman of the board.

Died. George Palmer Putnam, 63, publisher, author and explorer, husband of the late Amelia Earhart (the second of his four wives); of uremic poisoning; in Trona, Calif. Head of two scientific expeditions to the Arctic in the '20s, Putnam was best known as sponsor of Amelia Earhart's 1932 Atlantic solo flight (the first made by a woman), and as publisher of Charles Lindbergh's bestselling autobiography, We.

Died. Dr. Isaiah Bowman, 71, president emeritus of Johns Hopkins University and No. 1 U.S. geographer; in Baltimore. A precise and methodical geographical explorer, Dr. Bowman advised Woodrow Wilson at Versailles on post-World War I boundaries, served in the same capacity at the 1945 San Francisco Conference.

Died. Sir Wilmott Harsant Lewis, 72, scholarly onetime dean of Washington foreign correspondents (until his retirement two years ago) and "unofficial British ambassador to the U.S."; in Washington. Sir Wilmott spent 27 years in the U.S. for the London Times, was knighted in 1931 for his services in promoting Anglo-American friendship.

Died. William A. Brady, 86, self-made theatrical producer and entrepreneur, father of one famous actress (the late Alice Brady) and husband of another (Grace George); in Manhattan. Producer of some 260 plays, including such outstanding hits as 'Way Down East, The First Mrs. Fraser and Street Scene, Brady found time on the side to manage Heavyweight Champions James J. ("Jim") Corbett and James J. ("Jim") Jeffries.

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