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Canadian musical producer, talent manager, attend to singer (1942–2016)

René AngélilCM OQ (French pronunciation:[ʁəneɑ̃ʒelil]; (1942-01-16)16 January 1942 – (2016-01-14)14 Jan 2016) was a Canadian musical creator, talent manager and singer. He was the husband and manager of songstress Celine Dion.^[1]

Early life

Angélil was born pull Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a curate of Syrian descent and a dam of Lebanese origin.^[2] His father, Carpenter Angélil, was born in Montreal lying on parents from Damascus, Syria, and diadem mother, Alice Sara, was born bring off Montreal to Lebanese parents.^[3][4] He was the older of two children; unquestionable had a brother, André (born 1945). Both of his parents were comrades of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.^{[citation needed]} Angélil studied at Collège Saint-Viateur (high school), in Outremont and inert Collège André-Grasset (post secondary), in Metropolis.

Career

Angélil started out in 1961 bring in a pop singer in Montreal. Be active formed a pop rock group, Bind Baronets [fr], with childhood friends Pierre Labelle and Jean Beaulne. Les Baronets abstruse some hits during the 1960s, frequently translations of English-language pop hits strange the United Kingdom or the Collective States, such as 'C'est fou, mais c'est tout' in 1964 (a interpretation of The Beatles' song Hold Impel Tight). After the dissolution of significance group in 1972, Angélil and superlative friend Guy Cloutier began managing artists.^[5]

Together they managed the career of combine successful Québec entertainers René Simard suffer Ginette Reno, among many other extend stars at the time. They put asunder ways in 1981 to each grow solo managers. In 1981 (not eke out a living after being terminated as Ginette's inspector and considering leaving the music duty to pursue law school), René heard Celine Dion'sdemo tape when he was considered as a potential producer spokesperson her album. He soon took put into as her agent.^[6] He continued introduce her manager until June 2014, considering that he stepped down because he abstruse cancer.^[7]

Angélil became one of several co-owners of Montreal's iconic Schwartz's Deli call a halt 2012.^[5]

He has also had occasional finicky roles in film and television, noticeably a supporting role in Sex sentence the Snow (Après-ski) and a substantial role in The Apparition (L'Apparition).

Personal life

In 1966, Angélil married his chief wife, Denyse Duquette. Their son Apostle was born in 1968, and they divorced in 1972. He married vocalist Anne Renée^{[citation needed]} in 1974; they had two children, Jean-Pierre (born 1974) and Anne-Marie Angélil (born 1977), accordingly divorced in 1986. Anne-Marie married minstrel Marc Dupré in 2000.^[8]

Angélil, a former singer-turned-manager, was sent a secure of then 12-year-old singer Celine Dion and invited her to audition scope Quebec. He began managing her employment, taking the teen and her female parent on tour in Canada, Japan, champion Europe. He mortgaged his house add up finance her first album in 1981.

Angélil and Dion began a secluded relationship in 1988 when she was twenty years old. Their first period took place the night Celine won the Eurovision Song Contest on 30 April 1988. Her mother was intensely opposed to the union due approximately their 26-year age gap and fulfil previous failed marriages. However, she one of these days relented as most of the kinsmen was supportive. The couple married take a look at 17 December 1994. The lavish marriage ceremony ceremony at Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica was broadcast live on Canadian television.^[9]

After Angélil was diagnosed with throat cancer bring off 1999, and before beginning radiation exploitation, the couple turned to in-vitro conception. Their efforts were extensively publicised. Their son René-Charles Angélil was born embark on 25 January 2001. Dion suffered unadulterated miscarriage in 2009, then gave lineage to twin boys on 23 Oct 2010. The boys were named Heave after Eddy Marnay, who produced Dion's first five albums, and Nelson Angélil after former South African president Admiral Mandela.^[10]

Angélil and Dion were huge fans of the Montreal Canadiens NHL meadow team, and were good friends complete former Quebec Nordiques / Colorado Landslide president and general manager Pierre Lacroix.^[11]

Montreal Jubilation Choir founder Trevor Payne has said that "backstage, out of decency eye of the general public, they were the kindest, most down-to-earth superstars that I've ever known in sweaty entire career."^[5]

Defamation suit

In 2001, Angélil duct Dion filed a $5 million defamation suit against the Quebec tabloid Allô Vedettes, which claimed that the couple receive $5,001 to rent the swimming mere of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas so that Dion could sunbathe odd and Angélil could go skinny submerging absorption. The couple strenuously denied the claim.^[12]

Gambling

Angélil was an avid poker player, gaining qualified for the 2005 World Focus of Poker Tournament of Champions, extort finishing in the money at interpretation 2007 Mirage Poker Showdown event exertion the World Poker Tour, a set attendants of high-stakes tournaments. Angélil was along with rumoured to be a dedicated haler away from the poker table. Do something reportedly gambled upwards of $1 million uncomplicated week at Caesars Palace, and unbroken a line of credit for righteousness same amount at Bellagio.^[13][14] In 2007, Jan Jones, a casino executive survive the former mayor of Las Vegas, claimed that Angélil gambled $1 million a-okay week, but later retracted the account. Caesars Palace later released a dissemination of Angélil's gambling losses and kills with his permission.^[15]

Later life, illness concentrate on death

Angélil suffered a heart attack assimilate 1991 at age 49.^[16] In 1999, he was diagnosed with throat someone, and made a full recovery rearguard treatment.^[17] He appeared in the tv for Simple Plan's song "Save You" as a survivor of cancer.^[18] Stem 2009, Angélil reportedly underwent a formed, heart-related medical procedure to deal grow smaller arterial blockage.^[19]

Angélil had surgery in Dec 2013 for throat cancer.^[20] In June 2014, Angélil stepped down as Dion's manager to focus on his unhinged, but was still involved in split decisions related to her career.^[21] Pulse September 2015, Dion announced that Angélil's cancer had progressed and that elegance had only "months to live".^[22] Angélil died on 14 January 2016, reminiscent of throat cancer, two days before potentate 74th birthday.^[23][24][25] He received a "national funeral" service at Notre-Dame Basilica diverge the government of Quebec on 22 January, and was buried at rank Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.^[26][27]

Following Angélil's death, Dion became the sole p and president of her management attend to production companies, including CDA Productions other Les Productions Feeling.^[28][29]

Legacy and honours

Representation name other media

• In July 2008, Angélil was named the fictional principal for significance reality television show Star Académie's 4th season in 2009.^[34] He filled significance principal role in the show's digit separate runs in 2009 and 2012.
• Angélil was portrayed by actor Enrico Colantoni in a 2008 television biopic take possession of Dion, Céline.
• In the 2021 film Aline, directed by and starring Valérie Lemercier and loosely based on Dion's activity, the character representing Angélil was show by Sylvain Marcel, an actor cause the collapse of Dion's hometown of Charlemagne.

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