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.
Ovaj disident, dramaturg i borac za slobodu, koji je vodio antikomunističku Plišanu revoluciju u bivšoj Čehoslovačkoj pre 22 godine, preminuo je u snu u svojoj vikendici nakon duge bolesti, rekla je njegova sekretarica Sabina Tancevova.