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Two days after losing husband, Celine Dions brother Daniel dies of cancer

Their sister Claudette told Le Journal de Montréal that Daniel was surrounded by loved ones as he approached the end, with their mother and many other family members by his bedside. Celine Dion’s husband Rene Angelil passes away at 73Listen to Celine Dion on Gaana.com As of now, the “My Heart Will Go On” hitmaker is preparing for Rene’s funeral.

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Daniel Dion who was the eighth out of 14 children born to Thérèse Tanguay-Dion and Adhémar Dion, is survived by two adult daughters, two grandchildren and an extended family of nieces and nephews.

Meanwhile a source noted how hard it was for Celine, as she and her many siblings are extremely close.

“It’s very painful. It’s a matter of days or hours”, she told the paper after visiting her brother in the hospital.

Dion has three sons with Angelil, Rene Charles, 14, and twin brothers Eddy and Nelson, five.

A celebration of Angelil’s life will also be held on February 3 in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace Colosseum.

Angelil stepped down as Dion’s manager in 2014, turning her career over to a friend of the couple but he remained involved in business decisions. Following Angelil’s death, Dion cancelled two previously scheduled performances there that had been set for this weekend.

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Daniel Dion, one of the artist’s 13 siblings, died Saturday in Montreal of the brain, tongue and throat cancer he had been fighting, TMZ online entertainment news reported.

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