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Régine, disco pioneer and 'queen of the night', dies at 92

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

French singer and actress Régine, who claimed to have invented the modern discotheque and once ran a nightclub empire from Paris to Los Angeles, died on Sunday aged 92.

"The queen of the night has left," Regine's friend, the comic Pierre Palmade, said in a statement on behalf of Régine's family.

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