Larson, 35, had been found dead in his apartment-the victim, it was later determined, of an aortic aneurysm. The next morning, when Greif arrived at a production meeting, he got the shocking news. "You could see he was trying to conserve his strength," says director Michael Greif. He managed to drag himself to the last dress rehearsal but colleagues were concerned: Larson, who rode his bicycle even on the coldest winter days, came in a taxi. Twice he went to the hospital, complaining of chest pains and a fever his trouble was diagnosed as food poisoning, and he was given a battery of tests. ![]() Jonathan Larson was looking tired and pale all week, but it might have been just the stress of preparing for the opening of his new musical, Rent. Rent, a rock La Boheme in the age of AIDS, is a sensation now headed for Broadway.
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