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Brussels paid homage on Sunday to Annie Cordy by baptizing a park with her name in the commune where she was born, a "formidable" way of being "recognized by her family", rejoiced with the AFP the singer and actress who has just turned 90.
"This is an incredible effect of being so recognized by his," said the artist, attached to the phone after the popular festival held in his honor
"It was great to be surrounded by so many smiles and good humor, it was not stuffy," she added.
From her real name Léonie Cooreman, Annie Cordy was born June 16, 1928 in Laeken, a town in northern Brussels known for its famous greenhouses and a castle of the royal family.
Now a park in the town is named Annie Cordy, a gesture desired by the city of Brussels to celebrate the artist during his lifetime
Known for having interpreted "Tata Yoyo", a tube released in 1980, Annie Cordy has spent most of her career in France, where she lives.
She had left Belgium as early as 1950 in her twenties to take part in the journal Lido, one of the most famous cabarets of the French capital
"Annie Cordy is one of our greatest artists in terms of song, theater and cinema. She made Brussels and Laeken shine because she is a generous woman who has never forgotten her roots, "said Karine Lalieux, alderman for Culture in Brussels, quoted by the Belga press agency. 19659003] "For his 90 years, there was for us an evidence and a need to honor him in Laeken", continued the elected.
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