Here's his obit, courtesy of The Onion...

CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn't do anyone
any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it),
thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the
death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud.

"He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers,"
said hot-shot English professor David Clarke, who is just like the rest of
them, and even works at one of those crumby schools that rich people
send their kids to so they don't have to look at them for four
years. "There will never be another voice like his."

Which is exactly the lousy kind of ******* thing that people say,
because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and
it's just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody
anything.