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- Jonathan
Larson was born on February 4, 1960.
- He
based
the characters, in the plays that he wrote, on his friends.
- His
best
friend from childhood, Matt, was who Angle in Rent is based on.
- For
extra
money he wrote songs for shows like Sesame Street.
- Jonathan
wrote many musicals like Tick,
Tick... Boom, Rent,
and Superbia.
- His
dream
was to see Rent open
but he died of a aortic aneurysm on January 25th, 1996 just before its
debut.
- It
is belived
that Jonathan Larson might have had Marfan Syndrome.
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