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Celine Dion’s brother dies two days after her husband

Celine Dion's brother died of cancer two days after the death of the entertainer's husband.

Celine Dion’s brother died of cancer two days after the death of the entertainer’s husband.

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Daniel Dion, the older brother of pop singer Celine Dion, died Saturday, just two days after the death of the entertainer’s husband, Rene Angelil.

Celine Dion’s representative, Kim Jakwerth, released a statement that Daniel Dion, 59, died Saturday surrounded by his family after battling cancer for several years. The statement said he died at a palliative care center in Terrebonne, Quebec, outside Montreal.

The family is “remembering a gentle and reserved man of many talents,” the statement said.

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The announcement follows the death on Thursday of the 73-year-old Angelil in suburban Las Vegas after a long battle with throat cancer. Angelil was Celine Dion’s manager for decades, molding her from a French-speaking Canadian ingénue into one of the world’s most successful singers, best known for the smash hit “My Heart Will Go On,” the theme from “Titanic.”

Daniel Dion, the father of two daughters, was the eighth of 14 Dion children. The Dion siblings, including Celine, performed at their parents’ small piano bar called Le Vieux Baril (“The Old Barrel”) in the town of Charlemagne, Quebec.

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