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Vaclav Havel's ashes buried in Prague

Wed Jan 4, 2012 8:29 AM EST
world-news, eu, czech, vaclav-havel, havel
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<p>Dagmar Havlova, the widow of Czech President Vaclav Havel, hold the urn with the Havel´s ashes prior to burying it to the family tomb at the Vinohrady Cemetery in Prague Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Vaclav Havel died Dec. 18 at age 75. (AP Photo/CTK, Roman  Vondrous)   SLOVAKIA OUT </p>

Dagmar Havlova, the widow of Czech President Vaclav Havel, hold the urn with the Havel´s ashes prior to burying it to the family tomb at the Vinohrady Cemetery in Prague Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Vaclav Havel died Dec. 18 at age 75. (AP Photo/CTK, Roman Vondrous) SLOVAKIA OUT

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PRAGUE — The urn carrying Vaclav Havel's ashes has been buried at his family plot at a cemetery in the Czech capital of Prague.

Havel was the dissident playwright who led the 1989 revolution that toppled four decades of communist rule before becoming the country's president. He died Dec 18 at age 75.

Havel's widow Dagmar, his brother Ivan and other family members and friends attended a private ceremony at Prague's Vinohrady cemetery on Wednesday — exactly 15 years after Havel married Dagmar.

The urn was placed to rest alongside his first wife, Olga, who died in 1996.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron were among the world leaders who attended Havel's state funeral on Dec 23.

© 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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