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Norman Mailer dead at 84 - 11/10/2007 7:08:40 AM

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NEW YORK - Norman Mailer, the macho prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as "The Naked and the Dead," died Saturday, his literary executor said. He was 84.

Mailer died of acute renal failure at Mount Sinai Hospital, said J. Michael Lennon, who is also the author's biographer.

From his classic debut novel to such masterworks of literary journalism as "The Armies of the Night," the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner always got credit for insight, passion and originality.

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RE: Norman Mailer dead at 84 - 11/10/2007 7:17:12 AM

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Great bloke, great writer, great commentator. Another good'en bites the dust.

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RE: Norman Mailer dead at 84 - 11/10/2007 7:47:23 AM

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I hope his opposition to Bush and the war in Iraq doesn't affect the celebration of his life in his home country.

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