Norman Mailer died today. There is nothing I can write at the moment other than to link you to an obituary in The New York Times.
Norman Mailer, Outspoken Novelist, Dies at 84 By CHARLES McGRATH Published: November 10, 2007
Norman Mailer, the combative, controversial and often outspoken novelist who loomed over American letters longer and larger than any writer of his generation, died today at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. He was 84.