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 ...

Regine, a French singer and actress who was credited with opening the first discotheque during the 1950s, died Sunday, her granddaughter said. She was 92. The entrepreneur's granddaughter, Daphne ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regine, who claimed to have invented the term “discotheque” as she ran a nightclub empire that stretched from Paris to Los Angeles ...

She was born Rachelle Zylberberg in Belgium as the Great Depression struck: a Jewish child abandoned in infancy by her unwed mother and left alone at 12 when her father, a drunken Polish refugee, was ...

She’s still alive and working, but not many people remember Régine Zylberberg anymore. Forty years ago, everyone, especially the “glitterati,” knew her as Régine, owner of a chain of the coolest and ...

Regine once operated 22 nightlife venues, including establishments in Los Angeles and New York. By Trilby Beresford Associate Editor Her grand-daughter Daphne Rotcajg confirmed Regine’s death to the ...

Regine, a French singer and actress who was credited with opening the first discotheque during the 1950s, died Sunday, her granddaughter said. She was 92. Regine, a French singer and actress who was ...

Regine, a French singer, actress and discotheque entrepreneur, has died. She was 92. Her granddaughter Daphne Rotcajg confirmed Regine’s death to the Agence France-Presse on Sunday (May 1). The outlet ...