In this file photo from Aug. 30, 2013, nightclub icon Régine arrives for the opening ceremony of the 39th American Film Festival, in Deauville, Normandy. The singer and actress died on May 1 in Paris ...

French singer and actress Regine — who laid claim to inventing the modern discotheque and once ran a nightclub empire from Paris to Los Angeles — died on Sunday, aged 92, her granddaughter has said.

In 1950s Paris, Régine Zylberberg, a barmaid, cloakroom assistant and occasional seller of bras in the local market, had an idea that would transform the city’s nightlife and make her the darling of ...

Régine, the French singer, actress and discotheque entrepreneur, has died at the age of 92. Her ‘peaceful’ death on Sunday morning was confirmed to the Agence France-Presse on Sunday by her ...

Managing a small Parisian nightclub in 1953, the indomitable, crimson-haired woman known as Régine installed a linoleum dance floor and colored lights, standing on a chair and waving her hand at times ...

Régine, businesswoman, singer and actress, died on Sunday, May 1 at the age of 92, her granddaughter, Daphne Rotcajg, told Agence France-Presse. "Regine left us peacefully this May 1 at 11 a.m." in ...

PARIS — Régine Zylberberg, the nightlife powerhouse who once ran a club empire spanning from Rio de Janeiro to Kuala Lumpur, has died at the age of 92, French media reported. The redhead long known to ...

The Holocaust survivor went from hiding during the war to the limelight, a self-made woman who worked her way to the top. It was my privilege to interview Régine Zylberberg in 2011. She recounted to ...

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 businesswoman Regine waves to the crowds during a parade, along the Champs-Elysees in Paris to celebrate the New Year on January 1, 2015. BERTRAND GUAY / AFP French singer ...