Here's some of the early obits:
"Norman Mailer, Outspoken Novelist, Dies at 84" (New York Times)
"Author Norman Mailer dead at 84" (Los Angeles Times)
"U.S. writer Norman Mailer dies aged 84" (Reuters)
"Author Norman Mailer dies at 84" (USA Today)
"Biographer: Norman Mailer dead at age 84" (AP/Miami Herald)
Nothing yet [10:22 a.m.] from Village Voice, the free alt-weekly Mailer co-founded in 1955.
This article appears in Nov 7-13, 2007.