Rene Angelil is dead – VG

Celine Dion’s husband Rene Angelil’s death 73 years old, after a long battle with cancer.

René Angélil died today, 73 years old. He has undergone treatment for cancer for several years, according to CBC. PEOPLE informs the family that Angelil now dead.

“Rene Angelil 73, passed away this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and valiant battle against cancer,” the statement said.

Celine Dion relieved on the veil in a television interview with ABC News last year. Where she told her husband, who until 2014 was her manager, was very ill.

May fed with probe

– He can not use his mouth. He can not eat. I have to feed him. He has a feeding tube, and I have to feed him three times a day. I am alone in this. So I feed both my husband and my kids said a tearful Dion in the interview.

Dion and Angelil were married in 1994 to 14 years after their first meeting. Dion was only 12 years old when she was first presented 26 years older Angelil, who later became her manager and great love. Rene has previously said he would die in the arms of Celine Dion.

Dion has now had to hire a new manager, and his name is Aldo Giampaolo.

Wished she would stand on stage

Basically got Angelil cancer diagnosed in the late 1990s, and had a relapse in 2013. For soon Three years ago he was operated on for a tumor in the throat, where doctors have removed parts of his tongue. In 2014 Dion decided to postpone a number of concerts, just as a result of her husband’s illness. Last year she did anyway comeback in Las Vegas with a variety of concerts, at the request of her husband.

It was namely her husband convinced her to carry out the planned shows. She has explained that she and her husband have talked about how a funeral to be performed.

– “I will die in your arms,” ​​says Rene – and I reply that I’ll be there him, told the artist to the press last year.

Dion and Angelil have a son 14 years old and twin boys of four.