Celine Dion’s husband René Angélil has died of cancer at the age of 73, after a long fought battle.
A statement on the singer’s Facebook page reads: ‘It is with deep sadness that we announce that René Angélil, aged 73, died this morning at her residence in Las Vegas after a long and courageous fight against cancer.’
‘The family wishes to live the mourning in privacy. Other information you will be provided in the next few days.’
Angélil was first diagnosed with throat cancer in ’99 and sadly the disease returned several times.
“He can’t use his mouth. He can’t eat so I feed him. He’s got a feeding tube. I have to feed him three times a day. I do this myself. So I feed my husband, then I feed my kids,” his famous wife revealed in March last year.
Angélil is survived by Celine and their fraternal twins Eddy and Nelson, 5, and son René-Charles Jr., 15. He also had two adult children from a previous marriage.
Celine Dion at her wedding with her now late husband René Angélil.
Celine Dion married her manager René in 1994.
