A woman brings flowers in front of the house of former Czech President Vaclav Havel on December 18, 2011 in Prague to commemorate his death. Former Czech president and hero of the Velvet Revolution Vaclav Havel, who steered his country to independence from Soviet rule in 1989, died on Sunday at the age of 75. Tributes poured in Sunday for late former Czech president Vaclav Havel, hailed as the "soul of the Czech revolution" and a trailblazing icon for freedom and unity in Europe. AFP PHOTO/MICHAL CIZEK . AFP PHOTO /MICHAL CIZEK