The 73-year-old, who was also her manager, died after a “fight with cancer”. He also has three children from previous relationships, Patrick, Jean-Pierre, and Anne-Marie. “So I feed my husband, then I feed my kids”, she said at the time.
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In 2008, Celine Dion (L) invited Charice Pempengco (R) to sing a duet with her at Madison Square Garden on her Taking Chances Tour.
Dion won Grammy awards for songs including the “Titanic” theme “My Heart Will Go On”.
Angelil was born in Montreal to a Canadian mother and Syrian father.
Celine Dion husband René Angélil, who began his career as a singer and later devoted his life to Celine’s career, has died after a 20-year battle with throat cancer.
A message on the star’s website said the shows this weekend at Caesar’s Palace had been cancelled.
A spokesman for the singer, Marc Olivier, said more information would be given in the coming days, but for now the family wished to be left to mourn in private.
René, who married megastar Celine back in 1994, had been receiving treatment for the disease, but had been suffering for some time; so much so that Celine took a hiatus from her residency at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace Las Vegas past year.
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Celine even took a break from her residency to take care of her husband back in August 2014. Fans already in Las Vegas in need of further assistance, please visit the Box Office at The Colosseum. “And René says to me, ‘I want to die in your arms.’ OK, fine, I’ll be there, you’ll die in my arms”.
