Denyse LePage of Lime, Voice of a Hi-NRG Disco Era, Has Died
Updated May 26, 2026, 2:00 AM PT: Robb Cooper, manager for Lime’s Denis and Denyse LePage, shared a correction with INYIM Media confirming that Denyse LePage was born on May 20, 1950. A family tribute also noted that Denyse “left us” the day before her birthday celebration. Based on that timeline, Denyse died on May 19, 2026, one day before what would have been her 76th birthday. She was 75. INYIM Media first reported her passing after Cooper shared the news with fans via Denyse’s official Facebook group.
Denyse LePage, one half of the influential Montreal disco and Hi-NRG duo Lime, has died after reportedly suffering a stroke.
The announcement was made by her manager, Robb Cooper, via her official Facebook group, where he confirmed that Denyse passed away following the medical event.
“Friends, this is Denyse LePage’s manager. Denyse passed away yesterday after suffering a stroke. May she rest in peace.” — Robb Cooper
Cooper later contacted INYIM Media directly with a correction regarding Denyse’s birthdate, confirming that she was born on May 20, 1950. A separate family tribute described Denyse’s passing as sudden and said she “left us” the day before her birthday celebration. Based on that family timeline, Denyse died on May 19, 2026, one day before what would have been her 76th birthday. She was 75.
“She adored her fans and took great joy in communicating with them on social media,” Cooper told INYIM Media, adding that Denyse would call him to talk about meeting fans online and remembered her as someone “you could laugh with for hours about any subject.”
Cooper also shared that he would be releasing a statement soon and asked that his thanks be passed along to everyone who has commented on social media.
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.
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 charge of Montreal disco history onto dance floors around the world.
As a vocalist, songwriter, and composer, Denyse was central to Lime’s identity — helping build sleek, bright, infectious records made for movement, drama, and release.
Denyse LePage and the Lime sound
Lime was never just a studio name or a club-era flashpoint. It was the work of two creators who understood how to make electronic dance music feel human: bright synthesizers, live percussion, romantic hooks, harmonized vocals, and that exact lift that makes a record feel like it belongs to the room.
Denyse’s place in Montreal disco history matters because her voice, writing, and studio presence helped turn Lime into something instantly recognizable. The records were synthetic, yes, but never cold. They were glossy, percussive, emotional, and alive — the sound of musicians translating club energy into songs that could travel.
Denyse’s voice helped give Lime its shine, while her songwriting and composition work helped build the duo’s lasting imprint on disco, Hi-NRG, dance radio, DJ sets, and generations of club-music fans.
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 dance-floor sound that delivered global hits.
Now, with Denyse’s passing, another essential voice from Lime’s original story has left us.
But the records remain.
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.
As a vocalist, songwriter, and composer, Denyse LePage helped shape one of Montreal Hi-NRG disco’s most unforgettable signatures — a sound that still moves, still shimmers, and still belongs to the dance floor.
Rest in peace, Denyse LePage.
The soundtrack she created with Nini Nobless will keep playing for dancers, DJs, collectors, and everyone who still understands that happy dance music can be serious magic.
Story developing. INYIM Media will update this report if Cooper’s official statement provides additional details.
Correction/Update: This story has been updated after Robb Cooper, manager for Lime’s Denis and Denyse LePage, corrected Denyse LePage’s birthdate to May 20, 1950. It has also been updated to reflect the family timeline stating that Denyse died the day before her birthday celebration. Based on that timeline, Denyse LePage died on May 19, 2026, at age 75. INYIM Media will update this story again if an official public statement provides additional details.
Final spin: remembering Denyse LePage, Lime, and the Montreal Hi-NRG disco sound that still belongs to the dance floor.
Open source notes and update details Tap to expand
This story was updated from INYIM Media’s original report on Denyse LePage’s passing, including the manager note shared by Robb Cooper, his later correction confirming Denyse’s birthdate as May 20, 1950, and the family timeline stating that Denyse died the day before her birthday celebration.
Additional Lime context was enriched from INYIM Media’s related remembrance of Nini Nobless, born Denis LePage, and the updated Lime tribute-mix story documenting Denyse and Nini’s first-person history around Montreal, Lime, and the duo’s self-built dance-floor sound.
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