‘Maman Dion,’ mother of singer Celine, dies at 92

Therese Dion was the wife of Adhemar Dion, who died after a long illness in 2003, and the mother of 14 children, the youngest of whom, Celine, has sold almost 250 million albums.

She launched her 12-year-old daughter’s career when she sent a cassette recording of her singing to Canadian music producer Rene Angelil in January 1981. He was impressed by her voice, and took her on. They later married, in 1994. Therese Dion hosted a cooking show on television for many years, launching her own line of dishes called “Pates de Maman Dion.” She also launched a foundation to provide school clothes and supplies to underprivileged children in Quebec.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered his condolences to her family, saying on Twitter that the elder Dion “has a special place in our hearts — she was an icon in her own right and a generous philanthropist.” Quebec Premier Francois Legault paid tribute to “a remarkable woman, so generous, so loving, who devoted her entire life to the well-being of her family.”“We have only one mom, and the one who raised and supported one of the biggest voices in the world died. All my condolences to the Dion family,” Canada’s heritage minister Steven Guilbeault said.A grandmother of 32, Dion had 48 great-grandchildren and was great-great-grandmother to six others, the Canadian channel TVA said.

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