Denyse LePage, one half of Canadian disco and Hi-NRG duo Lime, has reportedly died after suffering a stroke, according to a post attributed to her manager.
The announcement was made by her manager, Robb Cooper via her official Facebook group, who confirmed that Denyse passed away following the medical event.For dance‑music fans, Denyse’s voice wasn’t just a vocal — it was a spark. A bright, unmistakable presence that helped define the early‑1980s wave of disco, synth‑pop, and Hi‑NRG.
Friends, this is Denyse LePage’s manager. Denyse passed away yesterday after suffering a stroke. May she rest in peace. – Robb Cooper
Alongside then‑husband Denis LePage, who later transitioned and became known as Nini Nobless, Denyse helped shape Lime into one of the era’s most recognizable names. Their sound carried the glossy, high‑voltage pulse of Montreal’s club culture onto dance floors around the world.
Lime’s records were sleek, bright, and built for the night — the kind of tracks that didn’t just fill a room, but charged it. Movement, drama, release. That was the Lime blueprint.
And Denyse’s vocals were the shimmer on top. Paired with Denis’ production and songwriting, her voice became part of a sonic identity that still lives inside DJ sets, dance‑radio rotations, Hi‑NRG collections, and the memories of listeners who found freedom under the lights.
INYIM Media previously remembered Nini Nobless in August 2023, after her passing at age 74 following hospitalization for terminal cancer. In that tribute, we noted how Lime’s music was famously self‑produced and mixed literally in‑house — a home‑studio world where Denis and Denyse built a contagious, neon‑lit universe that delivered global hits.
Now, with Denyse’s passing, another essential voice from Lime’s original story has left us.
But the records remain.
They still shimmer. They still move. They still carry the rush of a packed dance floor at full charge.
For listeners who lived somewhere between disco, synth‑pop, Hi‑NRG, and pure night‑out electricity, Lime represented more than a hitmaking act. They represented a feeling — bright, dramatic, stylish, emotional, and unapologetically built for the dance floor.
Denyse LePage helped give club culture one of its most electric signatures. And that beat is not fading out.
Rest in peace, Denyse LePage.
More to come.
