"René Angélil, 73, passed away this
morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle
against cancer.
"The
family requests that their privacy be respected at the moment; more
details will be provided at a later time," according to a post on Dion's website
Rene Angelil passed away this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle against cancer.
— Celine Dion (@celinedion)
Angélil, Dion's longtime
collaborator, stepped aside as his wife's manager in June 2014 because
of his battle with cancer. That August, Dion put her career on a
temporary hold to help him fight the disease.
The Clark County Coroner's Office said Angelil died from throat cancer.
"We
have determined Mr. Angelil's death was due to natural causes. No
further investigation into his death is expected," the coroner said in a
statement.
12-year-old Dion recorded a demo and one of her brothers sent it to
Angélil, who was a fledgling producer at the time. When Angélil didn't
reply, the Dions called him directly to listen to it.
That
prompted Angélil to audition Dion in January 1981, and once he heard
her, he mortgaged his house to pay for her debut album, "La Voix du Bon
Dieu."
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