René Angélil, Husband of Celine Dion dies age 73 years.

René Angélil, mari et imprésario de Céline Dion, est décédé

par Rédaction de France Info jeudi 14 janvier 2016 22:29

Le mari de Céline Dion est mort des suites d’un cancer © Maxppp

Selon nos confrères de Radio Canada, le mari de la chanteuse Céline Dion a succombé à un cancer. Il avait 73 ans.

According to colleagues in Radio Canada, the empresario husband of Celine Dion has succumbed to cancer. He was 73 years old.

Le mari de la chanteuse Céline Dion a succombé à un cancer. Il avait 73 ans. “C’est avec une profonde tristesse que nous vous annonçons que René Angélil est décédé” à son domicile de Las Vegas, dans le Nevada, à l’ouest des Etats-Unis, des suites d’un cancer, selon un communiqué de Marc Olivier, porte-parole de Céline Dion.

The husband of singer Celine Dion has succumbed to cancer. He was 73 years old. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that René Angélil has died at his home in Las Vegas Nevada, in western USA, following cancer, according to a communiqué by Marc Olivier, spokes-person for Celine Dion. 

La chanteuse a confirmé la nouvelle dans la foulée sur Twitter :— Celine Dion (@celinedion) January 14, 2016. The singer announced the death of her husband on her twitter a/c.

Né en janvier 1942 à Montréal dans une famille libano-syrienne, René Angélil a poussé la chansonnette dans un groupe yéyé, “Les Baronets” puis s’est essayé à la comédie avant finalement de se replier sur le métier d’agent.  Homme d’affaires gourmand, négociateur intraitable, son plan pour Céline Dion, lorsqu’il la rencontre alors qu’elle n’a que 12 ans, était simple : en faire la plus grande chanteuse de la planète…

Born in January 1942 in Montreal into a Lebanese-Syrian family, Réne Angélil urged the young singer towards the group  “Les Baronets” , then she tried acting before he finally becoming her agent. A high class business man and tough negotiator, his plan for Celine Dion, since he met her when she was only 12 years old, was simple: to make her the biggest singing star on the planet…

Le premier voyage à Paris de René Angélil et Céline Dion en 1982

par Rédaction de France Info vendredi 15 janvier 2016 10:28

René Angélil (à droite) avec Céline Dion (à gauche) lors d’un premier voyage à Paris en 1982 © SIPA / JEAN-MARIE MAZEAU

René Angélil (à droite) imprésario et mari de Céline Dion depuis 1994 (à gauche) est décédé jeudi à l’âge de 73 ans. Les voici lors d’un premier voyage à Paris en 1982.

 

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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