How heartbreaking. Though Rene Angelil has passed away, the
love between him and his wife, Celine Dion, 47, will certainly go on. The music
manager who discovered — and would later marry Celine — tragically died after a
long battle with throat cancer on Jan. 14. He was 73.
Rene passed away at the family’s home in Las Vegas
surrounded by his family and loved ones on Jan. 14, Celine confirmed on
Facebook. “Rene Angelil, 73, passed away this morning at his home in Las Vegas
after a long and courageous battle against cancer,” her team wrote, via the
singer’s social media page. “The family requests that their privacy be
respected at this moment; more details will be provided at a later time.”
“Mr. Angelil died of throat cancer at his home in Henderson
while under that care of a physician,” the coroner’s report read. “The
technical medical description of the cause of death is squamous carcinoma of
the floor of the mouth. We have determined that Mr. Angelil’s death was due to
natural causes. No further investigation into his death is expected.”