Death: the French remember the songs of Régine, popular singer who died at 92

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Almost everyone has hummed one of Régine’s great hits. The singer, who died at the age of 92 on Sunday May 1, was very popular. Tribute of the French to the one who was nicknamed “the queen of the night”.

Régine was heady tunes. The singer marked several generations. “It’s a whole era, she still embodied a character”said a woman. “He’s an icon of French song”, said another. Of his life, we also remember the years of celebration. “It was she who revived Parisian nights”argues a man.

Those who knew him remember a woman in love with life. One of his close friends, Pierre-Jean Chalençon, confides, moved. “She was an extraordinary woman and I will miss her very much”, he says. The one who was nicknamed “the queen of the night” bowed out at the age of 92.


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