Celine dion biography rene angelil love story
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A Beautiful Love: Celine Dion and René Angélil Through the Years
1980s: Discovering Her Talent
After one of Dion's 13 siblings sent a tape of a then 12-year-old Celine singing to Angélil, the well-known music manager invited her to audition in Quebec. "While I was singing, he started to cry," Celine has said. "I knew then I had done a good job." In 1981, Angélil even mortgaged his house to finance her album and took the teen and her mother on tour in Canada, Japan, and Europe.
1987: A Secret Romance
When Dion was 19, she and Angélil went on their first official date in 1987 (though she admitted that they started seeing each other about a year before that). She didn't announce their relationship until five years later in the liner notes of her album, The Color of My Love. "I was afraid of what people would think," Angélil has admitted of their 26-year age gap. But Celine wanted the truth out there: "When you're in love, you want
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Celine Dion met late husband René aged 12 – inside 21-year marriage
Celine Dion, 56, and her late husband René Angélil were married for a whopping 21 years, with their friends describing their relationship as a 'love story.'
The couple – who had a 26-year age gap – got married in 1994, renewed their vows in 2000 and welcomed three children René-Charles, Nelson and Eddy, but René sadly died from cancer in 2016. Take a look back at Celine and René's marriage…
Tearful first meeting
The couple met when the 'My Heart Will Go On' singer was just 12 years old and René, 38, became her manager. Celine opened up to People about her first meeting with her future husband, revealing that her incredible röst reduced him to tears. "While inom was singing he started to cry," said that star, who suffers from stiff person's syndrome. "I knew then I had done a good job."
The two had a very close working relationship
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Look Back at Céline Dion and René Angélil's Love Story in Photos on What Would Have Been Their 30th Anniversary
Céline Dion and Rene Angelil First Meet
After Céline Dion's brother found manager René Angélil's name on the back of French Canadian singer Ginette Reno's record, he sent him a recording of his sister's first original song, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve." Hearing it prompted Angélil to invite Dion to audition for him in person — their first meeting.
"While I was singing he started to cry," Dion recalled to PEOPLE years later. "I knew then I had done a good job."
Rene Angélil Bets on Céline
After hearing her vocal chops in person, Angélil knew he wanted to turn Dion into a star. And he took drastic measures to ensure it would happen: He famously mortgaged his home to fund her first record.
Céline Dion Becomes a Superstar
Angélil's belief in Dion's vocals wasn't unfounded: That first record, L