Vaclav Havel, former Czech president, leader of "Velvet Revolution," dies at 75
Vaclav Havel, an anti-Communist playwright who became Czech president and a worldwide symbol of peace and freedom after leading the bloodless "Velvet Revolution," died at the age of 75 on Sunday.
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