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Author J.D. Salinger dies, aged 91
Published Thursday, Jan 28 2010, 18:37 GMT | By Catriona Wightman
Rex Features
The author passed away at his home in New Hampshire, BBC News reports.
In a statement, Salinger's son announced that the influential novelist had died of natural causes.
The writer is best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher In The Rye, which follows American teenager Holden Caulfield after his expulsion from school.
Salinger, who grew up in Manhattan, NY, was the son of a Jewish businessman and Scottish-Irish mother.
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