at his home in Luanda. After Roberto's death, President José Eduardo dos Santos eulogized, "Holden Roberto was one of the pioneers of national liberation struggle, whose name encouraged a generation of Angolans to opt for resistance and combat for the country's independence," and released a decree appointing a commission to arrange for a funeral ceremony. References Further reading Chris Dempster, Fire Power (first hand account of foreign mercenaries fighting on the side of the FNLA) Angolan revolutionaries 1923 births 2007 deaths Belgian Congo people Genocide perpetrators African and Black nationalists Angolan anti-communists Angolan Baptists Angolan Kongo people National Liberation Front of Angola politicians People from Zaire Province People of the Central Intelligence Agency 20th-century Angolan people Candidates for President of Angola Angolan independence activists 20th-century Baptists Angolan expatriates in the Belgian Congo