Farewell to the “queen of the night”.

Personalities and anonymous were gathered this Monday in Paris for the funeral of Régine, singer and actress who died on May 1 at the age of 92.

The ceremony began shortly before 11 a.m. at the crematorium of the Père-Lachaise cemetery, Salle de la Coupole.

Access to the Coupole was reserved for his family and personalities, around 200 people, including Carla Bruni, Jane Birkin, Marc Lavoine, Carole Bouquet, the musical director of Radio France Didier Varrod, Anthony Delon, Rachida Dati or even the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo.

An a cappella version of "P'tits papiers" by Catherine Ringer

A hearse carriage, drawn by two horses and decorated with white flowers, passed in front of the approximately 200 anonymous people who crowded outside.

Applause greeted the entry of the coffin into the Salle de la Coupole, where a photo of Régine, dressed in a green evening dress and her feet in champagne buckets, was on display.

Singer Catherine Ringer opened the ceremony with an a cappella version of her famous song

Les p'tits papiers

, written by Serge Gainsbourg, taken up in chorus by the assembly.

Régine, icon of the 1960s, had owned up to 22 nightclubs that bore her first name around the world, starting with the mythical "Chez Régine" near the Champs-Elysées, which quickly became the meeting place for all of Paris. and the jet set.

It was she who had replaced the "jukeboxes" (automatic distributor of songs recorded on discs) by record players and disc jockeys.

"She was everywhere the lights shone, in her clubs, on the stages of the Olympia, Bobino, the Folies Bergère or Carnegie Hall, and even on our screens," greeted the Elysée after her death.

“The President of the Republic and his wife salute a great figure in Parisian nightlife and French song.

They send their heartfelt condolences to his family, to all those who danced at Régine, to all the French people who like to sing his songs, ”added the services of Emmanuel Macron.

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