Author J.D. Salinger Dies At 91

J.D. Salinger, the famously reclusive author whose 1951 novel, 'The Catcher in the Rye,' became a touchstone for generations of readers, has died. He was 91. The author died Wednesday of natural causes at his home in New Hampshire, according to a family statement that his literary agent, Phyllis Westberg, provided Thursday.

Though he wrote more than 30 short stories and a handful of novellas - many published in The New Yorker and collected in works such as 'Nine Stories' and 'Seymour: An Introduction' - Salinger's fame rests on 'Catcher,' his only novel.