Czech leader Vaclav Havel dies
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Vaclav Havel, the playwright-turned-politician who served as the last president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic, has died at age 75.
Havel, a former chain-smoker who suffered breathing difficulties, died on Sunday morning at his weekend house in the northern Czech Republic.
As a dissident playwright, Havel wove theatre into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War.
Al Jazeera's Simon McGregor-Wood reports.
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A truly good man. We need more Havels in the world.
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Laska, pravda, a doufat
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R.I.P Vaclav from South Korea... love you forever
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Vaclav Havel Amazing Leader. Helped shut down communism using Rock and Roll!
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bern in hell havel
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Nothing is as it seems. Even Havel
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R.I.P
from South Korea(i'm majoring in Czech)
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I don't care your retarded domestic politics. but always remember those Eastern European cunts who supported Bush's Iraq war, including this one. And fried in hell, all your hell-believers.
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Greetings from Poland my dear neighbours :( another great person died...
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I really appreciate that people all around the world didn't forget about our president.
Looks like there actually are kind people.
Rest in peace Václav, you truly are a hero.
Nechť tě provází andělé při tvé cestě do nebe!
Cute4wolf 2 months ago 11
Lithuanians had Landsbergis, Czechs and Slovaks had Havel. He will forever stay ingrained in history as a good, selfless man. Unlike so many who are recorded for only infamous acts, you will be remembered for the good things you did for the Czech people and for everything you stood for. Telaimina tave Dievas, Vaclav.
ijarumas 2 months ago 7