Yet some famous Americans, made rich by the system that Chavez reviled, were drawn to him nonetheless. Sean Penn flew to Caracas to attend Chavez’s funeral in person. The people of the United States lost a friend it never knew it had,” Penn said in a statement released to The Hollywood Reporter. “And poor people around the world lost a champion. I lost a friend I was blessed to have. Actor Danny Glover lauded Chavez as a social champion of people-centered democracy.” Hated by the entrenched classes, Hugo Chavez will live forever in history, wrote Oliver Stone, director of the pro-Chavez documentary South of the Border.My friend, rest finally in a peace long earned. Chavez’s other celebrity comrades over the years have included Naomi Campbell, Susan Sarandon, and Harry Belafonte. link advocate/commentary/2013/03/12/op-ed-friends-hugo-chavez
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