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Brussels – Brussels paid homage to Annie Cordy on Sunday 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 years old.
" It is an incredible effect to be so recognized by his people ," said the artist, added 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 Leonie Cooreman, Annie Cordy was born on June 16, 1928 in Laeken, a town in the north of 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 notably for having played " Tata Yoyo ", released in 1980, Annie Cordy has spent most of her career in France, where she lives.
She left Belgium as early as 1950 in her twenties to take part in the review of Lido, one of the most famous cabarets in the French capital.
" Annie Cordy is one of our greatest artists in song, theater and film, and has made Brussels and Laeken shine because she is a generous woman who has never forgotten its roots ", said Karine Lalieux, alderman (badistant) to Culture in Brussels, quoted by the Belga press agency.
" 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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