His illness, first diagnosed in 1999, prompted Dion to put her career on hold in 2014, suspending her Las Vegas residency.ĭion said Angélil supported her later return to the stage. The couple have three sons, René-Charles, 14, and five-year-old twins Nelson and Eddy. The Canadian entertainment manager, who discovered Dion, 47, when she was 12 years old and drove her career to stardom, married her in 1994 at a lavish wedding in Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica. 'Other information will be provided in the next few days.' The family wishes to mourn in private,' her website said.
'It's with profound sadness that we are announcing that René Angélil, 73, died this morning at his Las Vegas home after a courageous battle with cancer. René Angélil, the husband of award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion, died on Thursday at the age of 73 after a long battle with cancer, Dion announced.
