In memoriam: Вацлав Хавел
![Havel and Alexander Dubcek, leader of the ill-fated Prague Spring, toast as they celebrate the resignation of the Czech Polit Bureau, Nov. 24, 1989. (AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/335d21f1-efd7-436d-9dd8-368e0eaa14b6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Havel and Alexander Dubcek, leader of the ill-fated Prague Spring, toast as they celebrate the resignation of the Czech Polit Bureau, Nov. 24, 1989. (AP)
![Ladislav Adamec, the last Czechoslovak communist prime minister, attends a demonstration during the Velvet Revolution with Havel, Nov. 26, 1989, in Prague. (AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/a2357eec-937d-415d-9c96-6f4bf8d44210_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ladislav Adamec, the last Czechoslovak communist prime minister, attends a demonstration during the Velvet Revolution with Havel, Nov. 26, 1989, in Prague. (AP)
![Waving to a cheering crowd in Prague, June 9, 1990. (AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/2394ece0-68c0-4634-acdc-ae97ead2c9dd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Waving to a cheering crowd in Prague, June 9, 1990. (AP)
![British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Havel toast before lunch in Prague, Sept. 17, 1990. (AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/822824a8-d90c-4edb-a937-304d1c06a145_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Havel toast before lunch in Prague, Sept. 17, 1990. (AP)