Macho prince of letters, Norman Mailer dies at 84

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/11/10/mailer.obit.ap/index.html

NEW YORK (AP) -- Norman Mailer, the macho prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur, died of renal failure early Saturday, his literary executor said. He was 84.

Apparently Norman Mailer once headbutted Gore Vidal.

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