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Vaclav Havel, 75, Passes Away

Discussion in 'Alley of Lingering Sighs' started by The Shaman, Dec 18, 2011.

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    Vaclav Havel, one of the great political leaders of the 90s, passed away today morning. May he rest in peace.

    From BBC's article:

    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.

    "Vaclav Havel was one of the greatest Europeans of our age," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote in reaction on Twitter.

    "His voice for freedom paved way for a Europe whole and free."

    He died at his country home north-east of Prague.

    In his final moments, he was comforted by his wife Dagmara and several nuns, his secretary was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.

    Havel had looked thin and drawn on recent public appearances, the BBC's Robert Cameron reports from Prague.

    When he met the visiting Dalai Lama in Prague this month, he appeared in a wheelchair.

    A former heavy smoker, Havel had a history of chronic respiratory problems dating back to his years in communist prisons.

    He had part of a lung removed during surgery for cancer in the 1990s.

    He was taken to hospital in Prague on 12 January 2009, with an unspecified inflammation, and developed breathing difficulties after undergoing minor throat surgery.
     
    The Shaman, Dec 18, 2011
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