{{Short description|Congolese–American singer, model, and actress (1964–2023)}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Réjane Magloire | image = | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|10||1964|11|28}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1964|11|28}} | birth_place = Zaire | occupation = Opera singer,<br>Television actor | years active = }} '''Réjane Magloire''' known later professionally as '''Reggie Magloire''' (28 November 1964 – October 2023) was a Congolese–American singer, model, and actress.
==Early life and acting career== Réjane Magloire was born on November 28, 1964, in Likasi, Zaïre (now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but grew up in New York City, United States. She studied Western classical music with heavy emphasis on opera singing. Both her parents are Haitian.
As an actress, Magloire had early exposure on television in commercials and went on to play Samantha, a member of the Short Circus, on the TV series ''The Electric Company''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sIcsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0voDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4800,4471506 |title=Award-winning 'Electric Company' Returns |date=16 October 1977 |location=Lakeland, Florida |work=The Ledger |accessdate=5 August 2010 |via=Google News }}</ref> from 1975 to the end of production in 1977 (she replaced Melanie Henderson). PBS stations continued airing reruns of ''The Electric Company'' through 1985.
She was also featured in ''Wilma'', a 1977 made for TV biopic about Wilma Rudolph, as the young athlete, opposite Denzel Washington, in his very first film appearance.
==Musical career==
Magloire was a member of the 1980s band, Indeep, which scored a charting success with their debut single, “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life”, for which she was one of the two lead singers. Mariah Carey later covered that single.
She was a member of the Technotronic from 1991, both as a singer and producer, which was best known for its dance singles. Technotronic released its second studio album ''Body to Body'', which featured as their new main vocalist Reggie (Magloire under her new stage name).<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|pages=335/6}}</ref> Reggie provided vocals for six tracks on the album.<ref name="LarkinDM"/> ''Body to Body'' was a top 40 hit album in three countries: Austria (Ö3 Austria),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Technotronic&titel=Body+to+Body&cat=a |publisher=Austrian charts|title=Austria Top 40 TECHNOTRONIC - BODY TO BODY |access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref> Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade),<ref>{{cite web|url= http://swisscharts.com/album/Technotronic/Body-to-Body-1245 |work=Switzerland Schweitzer Hitparade|title=Technotronic Body to Body|access-date=4 September 2024}}</ref> and the United Kingdom (UK Albums OCC), where it peaked at 27 and charted for four weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26486/technotronic/|title=TECHNOTRONIC - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=4 September 2024}}</ref> The lead single from that LP, “Move That Body,” was sung by Magloire (as Reggie), and became a top 10 hit in several European countries, including Denmark, Finland, Ireland, and Switzerland,<ref>{{Citation |title=Technotronic feat. Reggie - Move That Body |url=http://swisscharts.com/song/Technotronic-feat.-Reggie/Move-That-Body-2275 |access-date=2024-09-23}}</ref> but not the United States. Nonetheless, her singing was lauded by James Hamilton from the British ''Music Week'', who described the track as a "girl rapped pop canterer".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-04-27.pdf |title= Dance |magazine= Music Week |date= 27 April 1991 |page= 12 |accessdate=4 September 2024|author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}}</ref>
==Death== In March 2024, it was revealed that Magloire had died of a heart attack in October 2023 in Cambodia.<ref>{{Cite instagram |user=bayyinahbello |postid=C413_IKOOHF|date=22 March 2024 |title= Virtual CELEBRATION for the life of Réjane Dominique Magloire |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2025}}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0536144}}
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