J.D. Salinger Dies at 91

in Books, Life, Literature | January 28th, 2010 1 Comment

More sad news. J.D. Salinger, who brought us The Catcher in the Rye, has died at 91. Here’s the initial news release.

Boy, when you’re dead, they really fix you up.  I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something.  Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery.  People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap.  Who wants flowers when you’re dead?  Nobody.  ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 20


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  1. CAY says . . . | January 30, 2010 / 12:26 pm

    Damn, what a great quote, I had forgotten that. I know what my next book to read for the zealith time, The Catcher in the Rye

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