Leopold Hawelka
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Leopold Hawelka and his late wife, Josefine, are seen at their Cafe Hawelka in Vienna in 2001, when he was 90 and she was 85. Mr. Hawelka, 100, died Thursday, but the cafe he opened more than 70 years ago remains a city icon. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2009 file photo Leopold Hawelka signs a book in his famous cafe in downtown Vienna. Hawelka celebrates his 100th birthday, on Monday, April 11, 2011. Cafe Hawelka, which opened in 1939, is perhaps the most storied of hundreds of coffeehouses in Vienna where young and old spend hours reading newspapers, chatting or simply people watching. For decades, it attracted world renowned writers and artists. (AP Photo/Lilli Strauss, File)
