Originally Posted By Dabob2 Just to do a 180 from the Kim thread, Havel-- a leader pretty much the polar opposite-- died too. Pretty cool to have a guy who was always quoting Lennon (rather than Lenin) and then actually putting the philosophy into practice, despite being called "naive" for it.
Originally Posted By Labuda I've always been a fan of his... and, in fact, met him once when he came to Houston when I stage managed a production of one of his plays. Apparently he & Anne (the producer of the show) were friends. He was very nice is all I remember, BUT, hey... he was only the second world leader I ever met, so even though it was less than 5 minutes, it was cool.
