Date of Birth
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04-February-1960
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Place of Birth
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White Plains
(Westchester County, New York)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Larson, Jonathan, Jon
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Profession
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Writer, Playwright, Composer, Author, Lyricist
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Jonathan Larson was an American composer and playwright noted for exploring the serious social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia in his work. Typical examples of his use of these themes are found in his works, Rent and tick, tick... BOOM!. He received three posthumous Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the rock musical Rent.
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