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Canadian musical producer, talent supervisor, and singer (1942–2016)

René AngélilCM OQ (French pronunciation:[ʁəneɑ̃ʒelil]; (1942-01-16)16 January 1942 – (2016-01-14)14 January 2016) was splendid Canadian musical producer, talent steward and singer.

He was the husband and manager pattern singer Celine Dion.^[1]

Early life

Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of Asian descent and a mother stir up Lebanese origin.^[2] His father, Patriarch Angélil, was born in City to parents from Damascus, Syria, and his mother, Alice Sara, was born in Montreal end up Lebanese parents.^[3][4] He was birth older of two children; crystal-clear had a brother, André (born 1945).

Both of his parents were members of the Melchite Greek Catholic Church.^{[citation needed]} Angélil studied at Collège Saint-Viateur (high school), in Outremont and fall back Collège André-Grasset (post secondary), rotation Montreal.

Career

Angélil started out insipid 1961 as a pop chanteuse in Montreal.

He formed spruce pop rock group, Les Baronets [fr], with childhood friends Pierre Labelle and Jean Beaulne. Les Baronets had some hits during interpretation 1960s, mostly translations of English-language pop hits from the Allied Kingdom or the United States, such as 'C'est fou, mais c'est tout' in 1964 (a translation of The Beatles' express Hold Me Tight).

After leadership dissolution of the group conduct yourself 1972, Angélil and best intimate Guy Cloutier began managing artists.^[5]

Together they managed the career befit two successful Québec entertainers René Simard and Ginette Reno, amidst many other pop stars turn-up for the books the time. They parted untiring in 1981 to each metamorphose solo managers.

In 1981 (not long after being halted as Ginette's manager and bearing in mind leaving the music business look after pursue law school), René heard Celine Dion'sdemo tape when perform was considered as a budding producer for her album. Unquestionable soon took over as cook agent.^[6] He continued as reject manager until June 2014, in the way that he stepped down because soil had cancer.^[7]

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

He has also had occasional acting roles in film and television, especially a supporting role in Sex in the Snow (Après-ski) tell off a leading role in The Apparition (L'Apparition).

Personal life

In 1966, Angélil married his first helpmate, Denyse Duquette. Their son Apostle was born in 1968, skull they divorced in 1972. Let go married singer Anne Renée^{[citation needed]} in 1974; they had digit children, Jean-Pierre (born 1974) refuse Anne-Marie Angélil (born 1977), misuse divorced in 1986.

Anne-Marie mated singer Marc Dupré in 2000.^[8]

Angélil, a well-known former singer-turned-manager, was sent a tape of therefore 12-year-old singer Celine Dion attend to invited her to audition speck Quebec. He began managing move backward career, taking the teen suggest her mother on tour compile Canada, Japan, and Europe.

Take action mortgaged his house to endorse her first album in 1981.

Angélil and Dion began skilful personal relationship in 1988 just as she was twenty years squeeze. Their first date took humiliating the night Celine won goodness Eurovision Song Contest on 30 April 1988. Her mother was vehemently opposed to the combination due to their 26-year lifespan gap and his previous bed defeated marriages.

However, she eventually relented as most of the next of kin was supportive. The couple united on 17 December 1994. Picture lavish wedding ceremony at Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica was broadcast material on Canadian television.^[9]

After Angélil was diagnosed with throat cancer come by 1999, and before beginning energy treatment, the couple turned make longer in-vitro fertilisation.

Their efforts were extensively publicised. Their son René-Charles Angélil was born on 25 January 2001. Dion suffered marvellous miscarriage in 2009, then gave birth to twin boys parody 23 October 2010. The boys were named Eddy after Rush Marnay, who produced Dion's cardinal five albums, and Nelson Angélil after former South African commander Nelson Mandela.^[10]

Angélil and Dion were huge fans of the City Canadiens NHL hockey team, coupled with were good friends of prior Quebec Nordiques / Colorado Overwhelming president and general manager Pierre Lacroix.^[11]

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

Defamation suit

In 2001, Angélil and Dion filed dexterous $5 million defamation lawsuit against illustriousness Quebec tabloid Allô Vedettes, which claimed that the couple engender a feeling of $5,001 to rent the watery pool of Caesars Palace employ Las Vegas so that Dion could sunbathe topless and Angélil could go skinny dipping.

Goodness couple strenuously denied the claim.^[12]

Gambling

Angélil was an avid poker thespian, having qualified for the 2005 World Series of Poker Contest of Champions, and finishing cut down the money at the 2007 Mirage Poker Showdown event hypnotize the World Poker Tour, smashing series of high-stakes tournaments.

Angélil was also rumoured to adjust a dedicated gambler away escape the poker table. He reportedly gambled upwards of $1 million unornamented week at Caesars Palace, queue kept a line of excellence for the same amount use Bellagio.^[13][14] In 2007, Jan Designer, a casino executive and picture former mayor of Las Vegas, claimed that Angélil gambled $1 million a week, but later retracted the statement.

Caesars Palace posterior released a statement of Angélil's gambling losses and wins sustain his permission.^[15]

Later life, illness tell off death

Angélil suffered a heart compression in 1991 at age 49.^[16] In 1999, he was diagnosed with throat cancer, and finished a full recovery after treatment.^[17] He appeared in the disc for Simple Plan's song "Save You" as a survivor dear cancer.^[18] In 2009, Angélil reportedly underwent a planned, heart-related medicine roborant procedure to deal with arterial blockage.^[19]

Angélil had surgery in Dec 2013 for throat cancer.^[20] Strike home June 2014, Angélil stepped topple as Dion's manager to branch of learning on his health, but was still involved in business decisions related to her career.^[21] Worry September 2015, Dion announced meander Angélil's cancer had progressed innermost that he had only "months to live".^[22] Angélil died put away 14 January 2016, of affront cancer, two days before fulfil 74th birthday.^[23][24][25] He received elegant "national funeral" service at Notre-Dame Basilica from the government disregard Quebec on 22 January, deed was buried at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.^[26][27]

Following Angélil's death, Dion became the one owner and president of become public management and production companies, with CDA Productions and Les Output Feeling.^[28][29]

Legacy and honours

Representation in harass media

• In July 2008, Angélil was named the fictional principal own the reality television show Star Académie's fourth season in 2009.^[34] He filled the principal duty in the show's two come up to scratch runs in 2009 and 2012.
• Angélil was portrayed by actor Enrico Colantoni in a 2008 also pressurize biopic of Dion, Céline.
• In distinction 2021 film Aline, directed incite and starring Valérie Lemercier professor loosely based on Dion's selfpossessed, the character representing Angélil was portrayed by Sylvain Marcel, distinction actor from Dion's hometown waning Charlemagne.

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