RIP J.D. Salinger

January 28, 2010 10:40 AM

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." -opening lines of The Catcher In The Rye

Author and famous recluse J.D. Salinger has passed away at the age of 91.
posted by turaho (34 comments total)

Sorry, I tried.
posted by turaho at 10:40 AM on January 28, 2010

4th times a charm!
posted by blue_beetle at 10:41 AM on January 28, 2010

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posted by dunkadunc at 10:41 AM on January 28, 2010

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posted by mr.marx at 10:42 AM on January 28, 2010

We are now up to five obit threads. Which one will stay?
posted by ericb at 10:42 AM on January 28, 2010

I could never give those other posts the time of day.

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posted by Elmore at 10:42 AM on January 28, 2010

Nine Obituaries.
posted by Atom Eyes at 10:42 AM on January 28, 2010 [1 favorite]

Let's have "American Idol"-like competition, vote off the losers, keep the best FPP.
posted by davidmsc at 10:42 AM on January 28, 2010

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posted by spitefulcrow at 10:43 AM on January 28, 2010

I guess I'll just have to dot all five of these.
posted by HabeasCorpus at 10:43 AM on January 28, 2010

They are the phonies.
posted by mosk at 10:43 AM on January 28, 2010 [2 favorites]

This one should stay, but never ever do interviews.
posted by Elmore at 10:43 AM on January 28, 2010

Yeah, I just grabbed a screenshot because five has gotta be a record.
posted by fixedgear at 10:43 AM on January 28, 2010

Apparently, J.D. Salinger died today.
posted by yhbc at 10:44 AM on January 28, 2010

I love when this happens!
posted by Never teh Bride at 10:44 AM on January 28, 2010

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posted by GuyZero at 10:45 AM on January 28, 2010

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posted by brundlefly at 10:45 AM on January 28, 2010

Hey, I heard that J.D. Salinger died today. *ducks*


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posted by mullingitover at 10:45 AM on January 28, 2010

Yeah, I just grabbed a screenshot because five has gotta be a record.

James Brown - what was that, seven?
posted by peep at 10:46 AM on January 28, 2010

The real obit thread is holed up somewhere in New Hampshire and no one has seen it for decades.
posted by chinston at 10:46 AM on January 28, 2010 [3 favorites]

Fuck it I'm going to lunch when I come back maybe someone will have decided which thread isn't stupid.
posted by shakespeherian at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

This one is fine.
posted by jessamyn at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

James Brown - what was that, seven?

I dunno, there was a pantload of Michael Jackson obits. Seven wouldn't have been ridiculous.
posted by deadmessenger at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

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posted by Splunge at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

Have they buried James Brown yet?
posted by fixedgear at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

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posted by Splunge at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

GENERALISSIMO J.D. SALINGER IS STILL DEAD
posted by ardgedee at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

Fuck it I'm going to lunch when I come back maybe someone will have decided which thread isn't stupid.
posted by shakespeherian at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

James Brown - what was that, seven?

Yeah, but he wasn't a recluse.
posted by Elmore at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

fixedgear: "Yeah, I just grabbed a screenshot because five has gotta be a record."

Didn't Michael Jackson top that?
posted by Joe Beese at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

This is awesome. Now all we need is a MeTa thread by someone wondering what "." means and we're good.
posted by The Card Cheat at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

The real question is whether or not James Brown is still alive
posted by allen.spaulding at 10:48 AM on January 28, 2010

((((.))))
posted by RussHy at 10:49 AM on January 28, 2010

As always, MeFi's own John Hodgman knows just what to say.
posted by hellojed at 10:49 AM on January 28, 2010