Daniel Dion, a brother of pop singer C\u00e9line Dion, has\u00a0died.\u00a0His death Saturday was confirmed by the office of C\u00e9line Dion’s publicist, Francine Chaloult.<\/p>\n
News emerged yesterday that Daniel Dion, 59, had cancer and didn’t have long to live.<\/p>\n
His death comes two days after the death of C\u00e9line Dion’s husband and long-time manager, Ren\u00e9 Ang\u00e9lil, after a long battle with throat cancer.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”CFlRpCOmMHebhZxmd3UBOkZBP8ZQTMXW”]Daniel Dion was one of the 14 Dion siblings and the eighth child born to Th\u00e9r\u00e8se et Adh\u00e9mar Dion.<\/p>\n
His sister Claudette Dion told Le Journal de Montr\u00e9al on Friday that her brother had only days or hours to live. She added that he had cancer of the throat, tongue and brain.<\/p>\n
C\u00e9line Dion’s husband, Ren\u00e9 Ang\u00e9lil, died Thursday in the suburban Las Vegas home in Henderson, Nevada, that he shared with her and their three children.<\/p>\n
Daniel Dion’s funeral will take place at St-Simon-et-Jude de Charlemagne church in Repentigny, Que.<\/p>\n
The date has yet to be announced.
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\nBy: cbc.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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