How can Hugo be dead? He went to Cuba for medical treatment. They took him straight to the hospital from the airport in a DeSoto ambulance. Anyway, here's what some said about 'ol Hugo......
Sean Penn:
“Today the people of the United States lost a friend it never knew it had. And poor people around the world lost a champion,” Penn said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “I lost a friend I was blessed to have. My thoughts are with the family of President Chavez and the people of Venezuela.”
Penn, who appeared at a December candlelight vigil for the cancer-stricken leader, added, “Venezuela and its revolution will endure under the proven leadership of Vice President Maduro.”
Oliver Stone:
Oliver Stone, who championed Chavez in his 2009 film ”South of the Border,” said on Tuesday, ”I mourn a great hero to the majority of his people and those who struggle throughout the world for a place.”
Stone’s statement continued, “Hated by the entrenched classes, Hugo Chavez will live forever in history.” He closed his comments with, “My friend, rest finally in a peace long earned.”
The Wizard of Uhh's - Joe Kennedy:
Kennedy said in a condolence statement yesterday that Chavez,
notorious for nationalizing indust*ries while suppressing Venezuela’s media and his political rivals, “cared deeply about the poor of Venezuela and other nations around the world and their abject lack of even basic
necessities, while some of the wealthiest people on our planet have more money than they can ever reasonably expect to spend.”