Norman Mailer: Works and Days

[Comment on the passing of George Plimpton]

Mailer's memorial tribute to George Plimpton in the Harvard Advocate's memorial number, lauding Plimpton as 'the best gentleman most of us ever got to know.'

A memorial tribute to George Plimpton in the Harvard Advocate’s memorial number. Mailer — who had acted in “Zelda, Scott and Ernest” (see 01.3) with his wife, Norris, and with Plimpton more than a dozen times — lauds Plimpton as “the best gentleman most of us ever got to know.” Rpt: 13.1.

First published: 2004
Form: essay
Lennon & Lennon: 04.1
Cite as: /works/2004-comment-on-george-plimpton
Last updated: 2026-06-08