The ceremony began shortly before 11 a.m. at the crematorium of the Père-Lachaise cemetery, Salle de la Coupole.
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 capella version of her famous song "Les p'tits papiers", written by Serge Gainsbourg, taken up in chorus by the assembly.
Régine, icon of the 60s, 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.
Régine on May 11, 2004 on the stage of the Folies bergères in Paris Bertrand GUAY AFP / Archives
It was she who had had the "jukeboxes" (automatic distributor of songs recorded on discs) replaced by record players and disc jockeys.
"She was everywhere the lights shone, in her clubs, on the stages of the Olympia, Bobino, Folies Bergère or Carnegie Hall, and even on our screens", greeted the Elysée after her disappearance.
"The President of the Republic and his wife salute a great figure of Parisian nightlife and French song. They send their condolences to his family, to all those who have danced at Régine's, to all the French people who like to sing his songs. moved”, added the services of Emmanuel Macron.
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