Milestones, Jul. 24, 1972

Divorced. Grace Bumbry, 35, well-turned mezzo-soprano who progressed from Arthur Godfrey's radio show Talent Scouts to New York's Metropolitan Opera; and Erwin Andreas Jaeckel, 38, German tenor; after nine years of marriage, no children; in Berlin.

Died. Andrew Mallory, 37, subject of a landmark 1957 Supreme Court decision that extended the rights of criminal suspects (see THE LAW).

Died. Aline Saarinen, 58, art critic, newswoman and widow of Architect Eero Saarinen; from a brain tumor; in Manhattan. A former managing editor of Art News, Saarinen began her television career eight years ago as a correspondent on NBC's Today show. Handsome and gay,...

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