I'll take care of our kids. After one of Dion's 13 siblings sent a tape of a then 12-year-old Celine singing to Angélil, the well-known music manager invited her to audition in Quebec.
When the French Canadian Singer singer married Rene Angeli in 19994, she wore an adorable wedding dress.
The couple baptized the baby that July at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal — the same place where they married years earlier! In August, Dion returned to performing in Las Vegas, while Angelil battled cancer at their nearby home. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. In 1981, Angélil even mortgaged his house to finance her album and took the teen and her mother on tour in Canada, Japan, and Europe. We take a look back at the many highs and occasional lows of their sweet romance.
It was hard – a lot of hard work. Returning to her dressing room after a rehearsal for The Voice, Dion heard the worst news: Her husband had just learned his cancer was back. In 2002, she released album A New Day Has Come and announced her residency at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. But Dion and Angélil, who passed away January 14, proved that this kind of love is not only possible — but can also be lasting. (She received a World Music Award in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in May 1995.). And he took drastic measures to ensure it would happen: He famously mortgaged his home to fund her first record. Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. "The family requests that their privacy be respected at the moment; more details will be provided at a later time." ", Angelil was declared cancer-free in 2000.
They got engaged in 1991, even though their romance was still a secret to the world.
Hearing it prompted Angélil to invite Dion to audition for him in person – their first meeting. The news, coupled with a demanding few years career-wise, led Dion to take a hiatus to focus on her personal life and caring for her husband. It's rare in the entertainment world to see a couple so devoted to each other.
She didn't announce their relationship until five years later in the liner notes of her album, The Color of My Love. A legendary couple that stood the test of time, Céline Dion and René Angelil were married on December 17, 1994 in a grandiose celebration. After undergoing fertility treatments, Dion gave birth to son René Charles, the couple's first child, on Jan. 25. "I was afraid of what people would think," Angélil has admitted of their 26-year age gap.
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