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IIRC Salman Rushdie has been followed by a bodyguard for decades now due to his controversial book "Satanic Verses" (1988) [0].

A sad irony: Rushdie recently recited a short story (by a different author) describing a successful assassination plot --

Yes, Iran issued a fatwa on him. Of all the places, I learned the most about it from Curb Your Enthusiasm, weirdly.