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Czech architect Jan Kaplicky dies at 71

January 15, 2009 Petr Bokuvka Leave a comment Go to comments

Famous Czech architect Jan Kaplicky died today at the age of 71. He collapsed on the street as he was coming home from a party where he celebrated the birth of his daughter, who was born just hours ago.

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  1. Ivanhoe
    January 15, 2009 at 10:43 pm | #1
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    I just read it on iDnes. How sad. At least he died happy…

  2. Aris Jansons
    January 18, 2009 at 8:21 pm | #2
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    In fact, he did not manage to reach the site of the party where he was intending to go to. He died quite near from the place he was going to meet his friends he phoned earlier that day, according to Blesk daily tabloid newspaper.

    • Petr Bokuvka
      January 21, 2009 at 10:11 am | #3
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      Oops, my mistake…I had the original info from a newsflash and I did not update….

  3. Aris Jansons
    February 20, 2009 at 4:13 am | #4
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    Thanks, Mr Bokuvka for the prompt and knowing reply.

    Let’s hope the project cherished by Jan Kaplicky will see the light one day.

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