His illness, first diagnosed in 1999, prompted Dion to put her career on hold in 2014, suspending her Las Vegas residency. The Canadian entertainment manager, who discovered Dion when she was 12-years-old and drove her career to stardom before marrying her, died at the family's home in Las Vegas.Īngélil married Dion, 47, in 1994 at a lavish wedding in Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica. Posted by Celine Dion on Thursday, January 14, 2016 C'est avec une profonde tristesse que nous vous annonçons que René Angélil, 73 ans, est décédé ce matin à sa résidence.
