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Jan 28, 2010 by News Hunter
J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author who gave voice to generations of angst-ridden teenagers and Marlon Brando wannabes, died at his home in New Hampshire at age of 91. Salinger, the son of a Jewish cheese importer, brought to life the fictional Holden Caulfield and members of the fanciful Glass family in the 1950s. Disdainful of the public and with few close friends, Salinger lived mostly alone and aloof in the small New England town of Cornish, N.H., marrying twice and leaving behind a son and a daughter. His daugher, Margaret Ann Salinger, published a “Dream Catcher” in 2009 in which she described her father as an angry man who disparaged his children and seemed to prefer the company of his fictional characters over his own offspring. Salinger successfully sued on several occasions to keep letters he wrote and other writings out of print. The last thing he had printed was a short story in the New York in 1965, according to the Washington Post. He specifically ordered that none of his writings were to appear in print until after he had died. One has to wonder if there are several manuscripts that will be rushed into print soon, however.
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