Denyse LePage obit

Denyse LePage of Lime, Voice and Songwriter of a Hi-NRG Disco Era, Has Died

Denyse LePage, one half of the influential Montreal disco and Hi-NRG duo Lime, has died after reportedly suffering a stroke. 

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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.

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to remove an unconfirmed age and exact date of death for Denyse LePage. Because LePage was based in Quebec, INYIM Media is reviewing public posts and family tributes in the Quebec/Eastern time context, not Los Angeles/Pacific time. We have reached out to her manager, Robb Cooper, for confirmation and a statement.

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

A separate family tribute described Denyse’s passing as sudden and said she “left us” the day before her birthday celebration. LePage’s birthday is listed as May 20, which appears to point to a May 19 passing in Quebec/Eastern time. INYIM Media has not independently confirmed an exact date of death and has reached out to Cooper for confirmation and a statement.

At this time, INYIM Media is not listing Denyse LePage’s exact age until further confirmation becomes available.

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 pulse of Montreal’s club culture onto dance floors around the world.

As a vocalist, songwriter, and composer, Denyse was central to Lime’s identity. The group’s music carried the glossy, high-voltage pulse of Montreal club culture onto dance floors around the world — sleek, bright, infectious records built for movement, drama, and release.

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, 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.

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.