President Meri was an inspiration to his countrymen. a true friend of the United States. and a stalwart advocate for freedom. His passing on March 14. 2006. was a tremendous loss to the people of Estonia and the world. Born in 1929 to the renowned diplomat and Shakespearean translator Georg Meri. Lennarts early childhood exemplified the plight of the Estonian people. Living in a country ravaged by war and subjected to the brutality of Soviet occupation. Lennart attended nine different schools and studied in four different languages. He was eventually deported from his homeland to Siberia along with thousands of other Estonians. Latvians. and Lithuanians. During his forced exile. he helped feed his family by picking potatoes.
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