[jocon307]

"Didn't Norman Mailer get some poor waiter killed due to similar idiocy?"

Yes he did, and he was not alone in his efforts.

[NYCVirago]

"Didn't Norman Mailer get some poor waiter killed due to similar idiocy?" Yes he did, and he was not alone in his efforts.

My mother has never forgiven William F. Buckley for his efforts on behalf of Edgar Smith. It's not a well-known story, but it's pretty bad.

http://crimemagazine.com/03/edgarsmith,0825.htm