Her name was Florence Prignon, a singer from Place de Québec in Namur. She died on 5 February 2023. I didn’t find out until this year, 378 days later. There is something familiar between Florence and Georgette (the main character in Chroniques de Namur):
“She would call out to passers-by, sometimes with verve. Florence Prignon was a character! She’d ask for a small coin to sing. Her repertoire was that of Edith Piaf, which she would sing at the bend in the street of Collège, where she was part of the décor. When you didn’t see her, you were almost surprised. The lady, with the mysterious life she sometimes told like a legend…” SudInfo le 21/02/2023
