Rene Angelil, husband of Canadian singer Celine Dion has died at the age of 73 after a long battle with cancer, Dion announced on her Facebook page. Photo: Reuters
Rene Angelil, the husband of award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion, died on Jan 14, 2016 at the age of 73 after a long battle with cancer, Dion announced.
"It's with profound sadness that we are announcing that Rene Angelil, 73, died this morning at his Las Vegas home after a courageous battle with cancer. The family wishes to mourn in private," her website said. "Other information will be provided in the next few days." 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.
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