Soldiers carry the coffin of former Czech President Vaclav Havel out of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague on December 23, 2011. Havel, a dissident and playwright who was the hero of the 1989 Velvet Revolution against communist rule and became his country’s first post-independence president, died on December 18, aged 75. World leaders joined Czech dignitaries to pay homage to Havel at his state funeral in the historic Prague cathedral. AFP PHOTO – Michal Cizek (Photo credit should read MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)