Gabe Ginsberg/WireImage Celine Dion pictured with her husband Rene Angelil at a red carpet event in 2013.
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A representative for the singer told People that one of Dion’s 13 siblings is suffering from brain, tongue and throat cancer and may not live through the week.
On Thursday, Celine’s spouse Rene passed on in the wake of engaging throat malignancy.
Celine Dion, right, poses with her husband Rene Angelil, left, and son Rene Charles Angelil, center, as they arrive for the premiere of the film “Celine: Through the Eyes of the World” in Miami on February 16. Dion has said that Angelil mortgaged his house to finance her first album.
Dion’s sister Claudette confirmed to the Journal Of Montreal as translated by the Daily Mail that her brother is dying of the disease, saying, “It’s very painful”.
Initially, Dion sang only in her native French, and while she was a huge star in her native Quebec, it didn’t translate to widespread global success. He is 59 years old, very young to be at the end of life.
The 73-year-old music manager’s memorial will take place on January 22 at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. She will now have a month free from commitments to mourn her dead husband.
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Angelil’s home city of Montreal announced that flags would be flown at half mast in his honor, as mayor Denis Coderre paid tribute to “a monument of the entertainment world”. Dion said he supported her later return to the stage.
