Norm Leaves Nine

It is hard to believe the late Norman Mailer had time to dad. Surely a man so immersed in Macho could find time to father, but dadding is different. It takes much more time and its success is not known for many years. But based on his children's willingness to collaborate with him, Mailer found time in a literary life to stab a wife, spar in and out of the ring, write novels and biographies, producing and writing films, and succeed as father to eight biological and one adopted children.

The two-time Pulitzer honoree leaves Susan from wife #1; artist Danielle and Elizabeth from #2; actress Kate Mailer from wife #3; sons producer michael and actor stephen from #4; Maggie Alexander from #5, to whom he was married one day; John Buffalo (with whom he published The Big Empty, 2005) and adopted son Matthew Noris from #6.

** Measure a man by his children. In this way, too, Mailer is larger than life. **