FORMER Czech president and hero of the Velvet Revolution Vaclav Havel, who steered his country peacefully to independence from Soviet rule in 1989, has died at the age of 75.
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Czech revolution icon Vaclav Havel dies
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Former Knesset Speaker Shilansky passes away at 86
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Czech capital develops without concept - former president Havel
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Ex-labour leader Michael Foot dies
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Former PM atal Behari Vajpayee turned 88
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Indonesian ex-dictator Suharto dies
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Nobel Prize winner Alexandr Solzhenitsyn dies
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Howard Zinn, historian and activist, dies at 87
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President Basescu's mother passed away
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Former dictator Suharto dies
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies at 69
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Anti-apartheid stalwart Asmal dies at 76
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Zsa Zsa Gabor given last rites
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Richard Wright, founder of Pink Floyd, dies at 65
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Gennady Yanayev, 1991 Soviet coup leader, dies
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Former PSV & Netherlands goalkeeper Jan van Beveren dies
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Nation lost one of its tallest leaders: