Czech Havel Obit

December 19, 2011
Mourners line up to pay respect at the coffin with the remains of former Czech president Vaclav Havel displayed at the Prague Crossroads centre in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, died Sunday Dec. 18, 2011 in Prague. He was 75. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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