RIP: J.D. Salinger dies at 91
Jan
28
2010
American literary great J.D. Salinger died today, he was 91. According to Harold Ober, Salinger’s representative, the writer died of natural causes. Here’s a brief excerpt from the New York Times J.D. Salinger, Literary Recluse, Dies at 91:
He bragged in college about his literary talent and ambitions, and wrote swaggering letters to Whit Burnett, the editor of Story magazine. But success, once it arrived, paled quickly for him. He told the editors of Saturday Review that he was
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