She was known as “the Queen of the Night” who invented the first discotheque and taught nobles how to dance. She was known simply as Regine and she passed away this week at the age of 92. Former French Culture Minister Jack Lang said she was “poetic and glittering Parisian legend.”
PARIS (AFP) — French singer and actress Regine, who laid claim to the invention of the modern discotheque and once ran a nightclub empire from Paris to Los Angeles, died on Sunday aged 92, her...
French singer, actress and self-proclaimed inventor of the discotheque Regine has died aged 92.
Regine, who claimed to have invented the term “discotheque” as she ran a nightclub empire that stretched from Paris to Los Angeles, died Sunday at 92, according to her granddaughter.