Every day around 11 a.m., Marie-Louise Wirth, owner of a café in Isbergues (Pas-de-Calais), treated herself to a small glass of port or rosé at aperitif time in front of the house motto displayed in a wooden frame: "If you drink, you will die, if you don't drink, you will die, then drink."
The funny Ch'ti will never allow herself a pick-me-up again, except in paradise.
"Marie-Lou" just passed away on Friday September 30, a few weeks before her 105th birthday.
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