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Joseph Heller Dies at 76 Author of Catch-22
East Hampton, N.Y. AP Joseph Heller author of Catch-22 died at 76 from a heart attack at his Long Island home. Friend Kurt Vonnegut called the loss a calamity for American letters. Catch-22, based on Heller’s WWII service, became a cult classic and enduring cultural touchstone.
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Joseph Heller
East Hampton
N.Y
Vietnam
Heller
Long Island
Valerie
Kurt Vonnegut
Twain
Kafka
Army Air Corps
Italy
Major Major
Milo Minderhinder
United States
E.L. Doctorow