Jonathan Larson, the creator of "Rent," the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning rock opera, will never write another song because of two New York hospitals' malpractice, according to this March 11, 1996 complaint filed by Larson's estate. Larson died Jan. 25, a few hours after the final dress rehearsal for his play. Larson went to Cabrini Medical Center a few days before, complaining of stomach pain. Doctors took x-rays, told him it was something he had eaten, and pumped his stomach. Two days later, Larson went to St. Vincent's Hospital with the same complaint. Doctors took more x-rays and said he had a virus. He later died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. His estate claims the aneurysm should have been detected in the x-rays.
