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Thursday, January 28, 2010
jump to the original story in - NYTimes.com:» J. D. Salinger, Author of ‘The Catcher in the Rye,’ Dies at 91
J. D. Salinger, who was thought at one time to be the most important American writer to emerge since World War II but who then turned his back on success and adulation, becoming the Garbo of letters, famous for not wanting to be famous, died Wednesday at his home in Cornish, N.H., where he had lived in seclusion for more than 50 years. He was 91
J. D. Salinger, Author of ‘The Catcher in the Rye,’ Dies
