Vaclav Havel, dissident playwright and former Czech president, dies

Václav Havel, a Czech writer who was imprisoned by his country's former communist rulers, only to become a symbol of freedom and his nation's first president in the post-communist era, died Sunday morning at his weekened home in the Czech Republic, the Associated Press reports. He was 75.

The death was announced by his assistant, Sabina Tancecova, the Associated Press reports.

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Rosalind S. Helderman, Felicia Sonmez 18 Dec, 2011


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