Clemront-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme, France) - Two little girls laid down flowers in front of Edouard Michelin 's photography, in front of French tyre maker Michelin's headquarters in Clermont-Ferrand. Edouard Michelin, 43-year-old head of the giant tyre company that bears his name, drowned in a boating accident off the coast of Brittany in northwest France, police said. Michelin is also known for its famed restaurant guides, its maps, for inventing radial tires, and for its roly-poly Michelin Man logo, known as Bibendum. Clermont-Ferrand, central France. Sunday, May 28th, 2006