*Norman Mailer died early Saturday at the age of 84. Here are five interesting facts about the great literary giant courtesy of www.aol.com.1. Mailer campaigned for mayor of New York City in 1969.
2. Mailer was married six times and has nine children. One of his marriages lasted only a day.
3. Mailer produced five movies, dabbled in journalism and crusaded against women's lib.
4. Born in New Jersey in 1923, his family moved to Brooklyn when Mailer was a boy.
5. Early in his career, Mailer promised to write the greatest novel ever. Later in life, he conceded that he had not.
