Celine Dion: 'It was a hospital in her house' the confidences on the end of life of her husband René

On January 14, 2016, Celine Dion lost her husband. Despite her love for René Angélil, she was relieved by his death.

Since that day, the singer Celine Dion is inconsolable . Indeed, she lost the father of her children, her accomplice, her husband, in short, she lost Rene Angelil with whom she lived for years s. After months of battling his cancer, the manager has disappeared. A disappearance that seems to relieve Celine Dion according to her biographer , interviewed by Gala on Saturday January 14, 2023.

The death of René Angélil

On January 14, 2016, Celine Dion's husband and manager, René Angélil, passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer . Aged 73, the artistic agent was surrounded by his family at the time of his death , to Las Vegas.

Support messages quickly multiplied on the web to pay tribute to him and honor his incredible career. In deep mourning, the 47-year-old singer suspended his concerts which were planned at Caesars Palace .

A few hours after the announcement of the death of René Angélil, the Clark County, Nevada Medical Examiner released the official statement death of René Angélil. In this statement it was said:

“Mr. Angélil, 73, died this morning of throat cancer at his residence in Henderson, under the care of a doctor. The technical medical description of the cause of death is squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of the mouth. We found that Mr. Angélil had died of natural causes. »

Contacted the same day by the magazine 'US Weekly', a source admitted that the death of René Angelil was brutal .

Celine Dion: the last wishes of her late husband

It was a blow for Celine Dion. The diva and her deceased shared their lives for years . They were always together until their path separates in 2016 .

As a reminder, René Angélil took the Quebec singer under his wing in 1981 . He made him a star. The interpreter of 'My heart will go on' therefore bathed in success . His career has extended to the international.

Therefore, René Angélil could not conceive that Celine Dion puts his incredible career on hold to stay at his bedside , as Elisabeth Reynaud reveals in her biography “Céline Dion: Icon and woman of heart”.

While he was sick and Celine Dion cared for him at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston , René-Angélil asks him to go back on stage at the Colosseum in Las Vegas.

'If you don't continue, it's like I'll die twice,' he reportedly said.

Wanting to do everything for make the father of René-Charles and the twins happy Nelson and Eddy, Celine Dion has decided to grant her last wish.

'It will be the first evening since the start of the concerts in Las Vegas, where René will not be in the room, in the front row, scrutinizing his diva', declared Élisabeth Reynaud.

However, the father weakened is never far away and watch the show on TV. In front of a packed house, where nearly 4,200 spectators eagerly awaiting the return of the diva , Celine Dion goes back on stage.

Celine Dion: relieved of the death of René

René was present, until his last breaths. The septuagenarian was battling his cancer, but ended up losing the battle on January 14, 2016. When he died, Celine Dion said she was 'relieved' .

“Now it’s simple: I’m the boss. I don't play the boss, I'm the boss,' she reportedly said.

Celine Dion's biographer, Élisabeth Reynaud, in the columns of the Gala on Saturday January 14, 2023, spoke candidly:

“You still have to understand that for months, René was only an idea of ​​a human being. Celine was feeding him through a drain that was inside his abdomen, she herself said so. »

Still according to the words of the biography, the fifty-year-old lived in a hospital atmosphere when René Angélil received his care at home. The nurses were everywhere, the doctors too t.

“She lived in this hospital atmosphere, at home, with all that that implies of products of all kinds, smells of medicines, with nurses, doctors …”, described the biographer of Celine Dion.

She finally summed it up by saying:

“It was a hospital in his house”

Source : Current wife