Eeklo Firmin Poelman (76), the biggest fan of singer Wendy is a sight to behold, it is Saturday night life in a traffic accident. The man wanted to the market cross, but was struck by a car. “He followed me when I was Iris, and Wendy Of Mittens not yet born, ” responds the singer emotionally. “The last time could Firmintje some harder steps, but still he came regularly to my performances.”
Wendy Of Mittens responded Saturday morning touched on the tragic news. “Firmintje was a cream of a man and a fan of the first hour,” says Wendy. He always had flowers or a small gift. And he also wanted to always be in the picture. After the gig, he talked a bit how he was, and you saw just that he really enjoyed. Firmin and I are earlier even still together in television programs. When I was in Sint-Martens-Latem dwelt, he came every Sunday butter in the mail box stitches. Firmintje I’ve always followed, and was always friendly. I have last year’s still sung on his 75th birthday. Terrible, that man, as the end must come,” says Wendy.
“He was a well-known face, beloved in Eeklo”, responds mayor Luc Vandevelde (SMS). “It is a tragic incident. Everyone knew Firmintje.”
