The playwright Jonathan Larson died at the age of 35. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Won three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score posthumously for his work on Rent. The highly acclaimed musical also garnered him a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Born in White Plains, New York, he died the morning of Rent’s preview performance off-Broadway unexpectedly.
Quotes
"“Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.” (Jonathan Larson)
"“The opposite of war is not peace, it’s creation.” (Jonathan Larson)
"“‘Rent’ is about a community celebrating life in the face of death and AIDS at the turn of the century.” (Jonathan Larson)