“It is with deep sadness that we announce that Rene Angelil, aged 73, died this morning … in Las Vegas after a long and courageous fight against cancer”, a message on her Facebook page read. They have been living in Las Vegas so Dion could perform a multi-year residency at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace.
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Dion has not yet released a statement about her husband’s passing.
Celine Dion and Rene Angelil attend the “BAMBI Awards 2012” at the Stadthalle Duesseldorf on November 22, 2012 in Duesseldorf, Germany.
Then, in 1999 came the news that rocked their world – Rene was diagnosed with throat cancer, after less than five years of marriage. “I’ll say, ‘You’re scared?”
On Thursday (local time) the coroner reported Angelil had died at home from natural causes.
Barry Garber, who helped Montreal become a music mecca, was there in the early years with Celine and Rene. He also has three grown up children from a previous relationship. Celine takes two years off to be with her husband as he undergoes two operations and six weeks of radiation treatment.
Angelil was born in Montreal on January 16, 1942, to a Syrian father and a Quebecois mother. They married when she was 26-years-old in a lavish wedding. “And René says to me, ‘I want to die in your arms.’ Okay, fine, I’ll be there, you’ll die in my arms”, the singer shared.
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Rene Angelil, husband of Celine Dion, has died at the age of 73, reports People. The family wishes to live the mourning in privacy.Dion and Angelil have three children Rene-Charles, who was born in 2001 and twins Nelson and Eddy, who arrived in 2010.
