Celine Dion’s husband dies of cancer

“The family wishes to live the mourning in privacy”, a post on Dion’s Facebook page read.

Angelil is survived by Dion and his six children. After the band’s dissolution, he started managing music talent.

Just then, another opportunity arose.

The 73-year-old, who also mentored and managed the iconic singer’s career, passed away in his Las Vegas home on Thursday. He took on her career and launched her first English-language album in 1990.

In 2008, Celine Dion (L) invited Charice Pempengco (R) to sing a duet with her at Madison Square Garden on her Taking Chances Tour.

The “My Heart Will Go On” hitmaker and her 3 children have been left devastated by the passing. They married a year later in 1994. Later, at an audition, “While I was singing, he started to cry”, Dion once said.

Us Weekly reports that Dion has canceled scheduled concerts in Las Vegas.

Following Angelil’s 1999 throat cancer diagnosis, the singer chose to take a break from the limelight to care for him.

Celine Dion had announced a year ago that she would be going on a hiatus from her Las Vegas residency because of her husband’s ill health. Dion has sold tens of millions of albums, and since she began a Angelil-orchestrated residency at the 4,300-seat Colosseum, she has performed more than 900 shows for more than 3.6 million people, accounting for United States dollars 500 million-plus in ticket sales. She previously told USA Today, “That first show, it will be fragile”. I’ll say, ‘You’re scared? He can’t eat so I feed him.