NEW YORK, Nov. 10 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer died early Saturday morning of acute kidney failure at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City at 84.
Mailer's son, Stephen was at his side when he died, The Provincetown, Mass., Banner reported.
Mailer and his wife, Norris Church, kept an apartment in Brooklyn.
The author of more than 30 books and a co-founder of the Village Voice, Mailer is survived by nine children and ten grandchildren in addition to his wife.
An interest in politics prompted him to run for mayor of New York in the 1969 Democratic primary.
He was and a member of the American Institute of Arts and Letters and won many literary awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award.
Mailer's latest book, "On God: an Uncommon Conversation," was published on October 16th.
A private funeral is planned for family and close friends.
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