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Vaclav Havel: a life in pictures

Vaclav Havel: 2009: Former Czech President Vaclav Havel in Prague
Havel in Prague in 1990 Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP
Vaclav Havel: 1950's: Vaclav Havel
A young Havel in the 50s Photograph: Kotek/AFP/Getty Images
Vaclav Havel: 1960: Vaclav Havel cooking at his home in Hragecek
Cooking at his home in Hragecek in 1960 Photograph: Kotek/AFP/Getty Images
Vaclav Havel: 1976: Vaclav Havel as a playwirght
The playwright in 1976 Photograph: Corbis
Vaclav Havel: aclav Havel addresses the crowd of demonstrators, Prague
Havel with Ladislav Lis (left) and Rudolf Batek (second right) - both members of Charter 77 - amid a crowd of demonstrators celebrating the 40th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights in 1988 in Prague Photograph: Lubomir Kotek/AFP/Getty Images
Vaclav Havel: Playwrite and Politician Vaclav Havel
Havel in 1989 Photograph: Miroslav Zajíc/Corbis
Vaclav Havel: 1989: Vaclav Havel and Ladislav Adamec Shake Hands
Vaclav Havel and Ladislav Adamec, the last Communist leader of Czechoslovakia, shake hands in 1989 Photograph: Miroslav Zajíc/Corbis
Vaclav Havel: 1989: Vaclav Havel speaks to a crowd during the Velvet Revolution in Prague
The thwarted Communist reformer Alexander Dubcek watches as Havel speaks to a crowd in Prague during the velvet revolution in 1989 Photograph: Peter Turnley/Corbis
Vaclav Havel: 1989: Vaclav Havel waves to the crowd gathered on Prague's Wenceslas Square
Havel waves to the crowd of thousands gathered on Prague's Wenceslas Square in 1989 Photograph: Lubomir Kotek/AFP
Vaclav Havel: 2009: Vaclav Havel, playwright and former leader of the Czech Republic,
In London in 2009 Photograph: Jeff Gilbert/Rex Features
Vaclav Havel: 2010: Vaclav Havel during the of shooting his film ''Leaving''
During the shooting of his film Leaving in the village of Ceska Skalice in 2010 Photograph: Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images
Vaclav Havel: Vaclav Havel at the premiere of his new film
Havel waves to the audience after the premiere of Leaving in Prague in 2011 Photograph: David W Cerny/Reuters
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