Last updated 2:45 p.m. ET. J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose "The Catcher in the Rye" shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died.

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The “Catcher in the Rye” film that should never be After J.D. Salinger's death, a movie version is more likely than ever. Here's why that's a huge mistake ...

Hollywood has for years yearned to get their hands on that holy grail of screen rights: The Catcher in the Rye. Now that author J.D. Salinger has passed away, the question looms even larger. Much ...

J.D. Salinger, a giant of 20th century American letters and author of "The Catcher in the Rye" who had shunned the public eye for decades, died Wednesday at his home in rural Cornish, N.H. He was ...