The dissident playwright and freedom fighter, who led the anti-communist Velvet Revolution in the former Czechoslovakia 22 years ago, died in his sleep at his weekend house after prolonged ill-health, according to his secretary, Sabina Tancevova.
Taj disident, dramski pisac i borac za slobodu, koji je vodio protukomunističku Baršunastu revoluciju u bivšoj Čehoslovačkoj prije 22 godine, preminuo je u snu u svojoj vikendici nakon duge bolesti, izjavila je njegova tajnica Sabina Tancevova.