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Subject: Vaclav Havel, Czech leader and playwright, dies at 75
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/11 at 5:59 am
Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic's first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule, has died at the age of 75.
The former dissident playwright, who suffered from prolonged ill-health, died on Sunday morning, his secretary Sabina Tancecova said.
As president, he presided over Czechoslovakia's transition to democracy and a free-market economy.
He oversaw its peaceful 1993 split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Havel first came to international fame as a dissident playwright in the 1970s through his involvement with the human rights manifesto Charter 77.
He was comforted in his final moments by his wife Dagmara and several nuns, his secretary was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
Subject: Re: Vaclav Havel, Czech leader and playwright, dies at 75
Written By: Paul on 12/19/11 at 9:19 am
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Ah! I see the schools have been let out for Christmas... ::)
Subject: Re: Vaclav Havel, Czech leader and playwright, dies at 75
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/21/11 at 2:44 pm
Prime Minister David Cameron is to attend the funeral of Czech leader Vaclav Havel in Prague on Friday, Downing St confirms
Subject: Re: Vaclav Havel, Czech leader and playwright, dies at 75
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 12/22/11 at 11:49 pm
I remember him addressing the United States Congress in 1990 shortly after he was released from prison. Havel was a great symbol of the liberation of the Soviet Bloc after the fall of Berlin!
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