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Also Known As Joshua Lockwood Logan III
Born October 5, 1908 • Texarkana • Texas
Died July 12, 1988 (aged 79) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “Annie Get Your Gun” • “Bus Stop” • “Ensign Pulver” • “Fanny” • “Paint Your Wagon” • “Picnic” • “Picnic” • “Sayonara” • “South Pacific”

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Don Murray stands behind Marilyn Monroe at a counter in a diner scene from the film Bus Stop (1956), directed by Joshua Logan.
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