Norman Mailer Dead at Age 84
I can meet an actor or a musician and be cool as a cucumber. Put me in front of an accomplished author, though, and I choke. I am an authorphile. I admire the mind of an author, their talent, their soul, their drive and ability to craft words into meaningful tales.
When a great author passes on, I mourn.
Norman Mailer has died today of acute renal failure at the age of 84.
The author of “The Naked and the Dead” and “The Executioner’s Song” was not exactly a gentle soul. He was apt to fight, to drink, to indulge in the ganja. The father of nine was married six times and domestic violence was not unknown in his home.
I cannot say much more than has been said in the numerous biographies and obituaries that have written about him. I do consider Norman Mailer: Modern Literature Monographs
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