Oct 14
Jiri Krizan Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 19:16 · 92 words · print
Jiri Krizan was expelled from high school and blocked from attending college, all because the Communists who once ran Czechoslovakia didn't like his father's politics.
The Czech screenwriter overcame those hurdles to help Vaclav Havel draft demands for basic human rights — manifesto that helped bring down the communist regime in 1989 — before becoming a trusted presidential adviser when Havel took power.
Krizan, 68, died of a heart attack Wednesday in the eastern village of Branky, Jan Krystof, of the TOP 09 political party, said Thursday.
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