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Leopold Hawelka, 100; rich, poor, visited his Vienna cafe

By George Jahn

 |  Associated Press  

  December 30, 2011

Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets, and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna was unthinkable without a cup of steaming brew served by the bow-tied little man with the perpetual dancing smile.

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