Death of Vaclav Havel

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45713881/ns/world_news-europe/#.Tu3_JtQS2Ag

The dissident playwright, who was a key figure in breaking Czechoslovakia away from Soviet control, and who then served as the country's president (while also overseeing its division into Slovakia and the Czech Republic), has passed away at age 75.

[DJofSD]

Just saw it too - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/world/europe/vaclav-havel-dissident-playwright-who-led-czechoslovakia-dead-at-75.html?_r=1&hp

[johnhannibalsmith]

Gotta like a foreign leader that names Frank Zappa to head a department of culture.

[Tom]

Especially when his cultural advice is don't eat the yellow snow!:D