Yahoo Lifestyle Celine Dion's husband René Angélil dies at 73
Celine Dion's husband and manager René Angélil has died aged 73.
'Rene Angelil, 73, passed away this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle against cancer,' a rep said in a statement to PEOPLE magazine.
'The family requests that their privacy be respected at the moment.'
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Celine Dion's and René Angélil. Photo: Getty Images.
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Married for 21 years, Celine, 47, and her husband Rene, 73, were devastated when he was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer in 2013.
Together the couple have three kids - Rene-Charles, 14, and twins Nelson and Eddy, aged five.
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The singer first met Rene when she was 12 and he was 38 - they started dating when she was 19 - and was there by his side until the end.
'You can have your shaking knees at the end, but when someone you love falls and needs help, it's not time to cry,' she revealed in an interview earlier this year.
'My biggest job is to tell my husband: 'We're fine. I'll take care of our kids. You'll watch us from another spot,''
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