Jonathan Larson
publication date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 (part of Spring 2012)
category: 
Theater
clue: The rent was too damn high for this New York playwright, who passed away three months before his most successful show opened in 1996.
explanation: Larson wrote Rent. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Aaron Shurtleff, Ryan Dunn, and Laurie Laczkowski
Life After Death: Just as spring follows winter, new life can follow death. To commemorate the addition of zombie players to the game, here are five celebrities who achieved significant success posthumously.Similar Goos
Gustav Mahler
This Austrian composer was renowned as an orchestra conductor before his death, but his ten symphonies have made him even more famous in the century since then. Go »
John Kennedy Toole
You can avoid being a dunce by recognizing this New Orleans writer with the presidential name. Go »
Eva Cassidy
Unknown in her lifetime, this DC-area singer went on to sell ten million records, starting with her rendition of the most famous song from The Wizard of Oz. Go »
Tupac Shakur
This Machiavellian rapper has published more albums in death than he did during his thug life. Go »
William Shakespeare
More liketh poems were his lov'ed plays. Go »
