J.D. Salinger, portrayed teen angst in ‘The Catcher in the Rye,’ dies at 91
January 28, 2010 04:50 PM
By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff
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J.D. Salinger, the famously reclusive author whose novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,†was one of the best-selling books of the 20th century, died Wednesday at his Cornish, N.H., home. He was 91.
In a statement announcing his death, Mr. Salinger's literary agency, Harold Ober Associates, said he died of natural causes. "Despite having broken his hip in May," Mr. Salinger's "health had been excellent until a rather sudden decline after the new year.''
“Catcher†is estimated to have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide since being first published in 1951. It continues to sell some 200,000 copies annually.
A staple of student reading lists, the novel boasts one of the most celebrated characters in postwar American fiction, its narrator, Holden Caulfield.
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RIP, Mr. Salinger.