He received the honorary title of "Virtuoso of the Duke of Gotha". However, his career ended prematurely with his death from cholera at the age of 33. He was buried in Liège at the Cimetière de Robermont. The great hall of the former Abbey of Stavelot in his hometown was named in his memory.
^Thompson, Oscar (1975). The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Dodd, Mead. p. 1739. ISBN978-0-460-04235-2. Prume, François Hubert...Belgian violinist; studied at the Conservatories of Liège and Paris (under Habeneck). Professor at Liège Conservatory in 1833-39 and from 1844, touring widely in the interim.
^Stowell, Robin (1992-12-10). The Cambridge Companion to the Violin. Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN978-0-521-39923-4. Hubert Léonard (1819-90), one of the numerous disciples of François Prume at the Brussels Conservatoire and of Habeneck in Paris, became one of Vieuxtemps's closest friends.