Author J.D. Salinger, famous for 'Catcher in the Rye' has died at the age of 91

[jefferson_dem]

RIP.

http://twitter.com/tpmmedia/statuses/8332186405

[niyad]

1. geez, dropping like flies-- robert parker, pernell roberts, gene barry, jean simmons, howard zinn,

and now salinger.

and yet, the bush crime gang is still breathing. amazing.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. my youth is disappearing in the mist.

Bye JD.

[EFerrari]

9. I know. I'm hating this.

The first thing I directed at school was "Franny and Zooey". JDS would have hated it. lol

[LeftinOH]

3. Wasn't that his one and only book? (just like Harper Lee).

[RandomKoolzip]

5. Uh...no.

"Franny and Zooey" was another.

[geardaddy]

6. And "Nine Stories"

a great collection of short stories.

[maddezmom]

4. was just about to post. :(

'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dies
J.D. Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye,' dies at age 91
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
NEW YORK January 28, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press
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J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose "The Catcher in the Rye" shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.

Salinger died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, the author's son said in a statement from Salinger's literary representative. He had lived for decades in self-imposed isolation in the small, remote house in Cornish, N.H.

"The Catcher in the Rye," with its immortal teenage protagonist, the twisted, rebellious Holden Caulfield, came out in 1951, a time of anxious, Cold War conformity and the dawn of modern adolescence. The Book-of-the-Month Club, which made "Catcher" a featured selection, advised that for "anyone who has ever brought up a son" the novel will be "a source of wonder and delight — and concern."

Enraged by all the "phonies" who make "me so depressed I go crazy," Holden soon became American literature's most famous anti-hero since Huckleberry Finn. The novel's sales are astonishing — more than 60 million copies worldwide — and its impact incalculable. Decades after publication, the book remains a defining expression of that most American of dreams — to never grow up.

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[Call Me Wesley]

7. Safe passage, Mr. Salinger.

May you be free from suffering.

[Jennicut]

8. I think every kid in high school has read his book by senior year....

He will be missed. :(
1994 was when I read Catcher in the Rye in high school and it made a big impact. RIP Mr. Salinger.