The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 29, 2010 Author J.D. Salinger Dies at 91 ------------------------------- And the author J.D. Salinger has died at the age of 91. Salinger was best known for his 1951 novel “The Catcher in the Rye”, which became an anthem of teenage rebellion. .