Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès greeted Friday evening after the death of Annie Cordy an incarnation of
"Belgium",
mixing humor and modesty, in unison with a whole country paying tribute to one of its most famous ambassadors.
"Annie Cordy was an accomplished artist whose humor and joie de vivre represented so well this" belgitude "that we love so much",
reacted in a tweet the French-speaking liberal leader.
"She has won the hearts of many generations" and "will be sorely missed",
added Sophie Wilmès.
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Belgian singer Annie Cordy, who was born in Brussels in June 1928, died on Friday at the age of 92 in Vallauris, near Cannes, in the south of France, her niece Michèle Lebon told AFP.
Her real name Léonie Cooreman, this spicy blonde was the interpreter of popular hits like
"Tata Yoyo"
and
"La bonne du curé".
Former prime ministers Elio di Rupo (2011-2014) and Charles Michel (2014-2019) also saluted his memory in the evening, on Twitter.
The second, who became President of the European Council at the end of 2019, underlined
“his sparkling joie de vivre”
and
“contagious good humor”.
“The energy and joie de vivre of # AnnieCordy seemed immortal to us ... Brussels is losing one of its most sparkling ambassadors this evening. Ciao Tata Yoyo! ”, For
her part
,
launched Brussels Minister Nawal Ben Hamou.
In one of her last public appearances in the Belgian capital, Annie Cordy participated in July 2018 in the inauguration of a park in her name in the Brussels municipality of Laeken where she was born.
"It has an incredible effect to be recognized by your own people like this,"
she told AFP at the time.
A photo of this public tribute in the summer of 2018 was tweeted by the mayor of Brussels Philippe Close, who regretted the loss of
“an honorary citizen”
and
“a great lady”.
