J.D. Salinger of "Catcher in the Rye" dies at 91

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. He was 91.
Salinger died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, the author's son said in a statement from Salinger's literary representative, which went out over the Associated Press. He had lived for decades in self-imposed isolation in the small, remote house in Cornish, N.H.
Read a Time.com story here.
Here's a link to his short stories from the New Yorker.
I remember being assigned this book in high school and loved it immediately. The writing, the rebelliousness of Holden Caulfield (insane though he was) made for a very compelling read.