Woman who opened world’s first disco dies aged 92

Regine Zylberberg, a celebrity, singer, actress and businesswoman. She died at the age of 92. PHOTO | AFP

By  Business Daily Africa

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  • The success of this new club format prompted her to open her first Chez Regine club in Paris in 1957, widely regarded as the world’s first discotheque, with the financial support of some of the influential contacts she had made.

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