FRANCE OBIT ROCHER

Bris Rocher, grandson of French businessman Yves Rocher, leaves the church following a funeral service for his grandfather, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 in La Gacilly, western France. French businessman Yves Rocher, founder of a global chain of beauty products and a pioneering advocate of the use of plants and other natural elements in cosmetics, has died in Paris at age 79 on Saturday Dec. 26, 2009. Bris Rocher succeeds his grandfather at the company's head. (AP Photo/David Vincent)