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J.D. Salinger, Author of “The Catcher in the Rye,” Dies at 91
January 28, 2010 04:50 PM
Salinger died Wednesday of natural causes in his home in Cornish, N.H., where he had lived for the past 50 years, removed from the public eye.
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