Singer Celine Dion reacts to a standing ovation from the audience as she performs at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 27, 2015.
Posted on 12/02/2015 7:54:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind
For Celine Dion, faith is more than just the title of one of her love songs. The Canadian singer has been keeping a positive attitude despite the bleak outlook for the health of her ailing husband of 21 years, Rene Angelil.
Dion is trying to enjoy the time that she and her husband have together, amid speculation that this Christmas season might be their last, according to the Huffington Post.
Angelil, 73, is fighting his third bout of throat cancer and doctors don't know how long he will live. Dion, however, has continued to remain up-beat about her husband's condition, describing him as "doing great" and in "stable" condition.
The couple's past inquiries to doctors as to how long Angelil has to live have yielded no definitive answers. "We have asked [doctors] many times, how long does he have, three weeks, three months? Rene wants to know," Dion told Fox News in August. "But they say they don't know."
The "My Heart Will Go On" singer's longtime spouse has been receiving nourishment via a feeding tube for the past two years, after undergoing extensive surgeries on his throat.
Angelil has been a major force in the singer's life, meeting her when she was only 12 years old and later becoming her manager, helping the singer to achieve a whopping 200 million albums sold. The 47-year-old singer has produced 11 English-language studio albums and contributed to the soundtracks of Hollywood blockbusters including "Titanic" and "Beauty and the Beast."
The couple shares three children: Rene-Charles, 14, and 4-year-old twins, Eddy and Nelson.
In 2014, Dion took time off from her Las Vegas residency at Caesar's Palace to care for her sickly husband. However, at Angelil's insistence, she resumed her shows in August of this year — during which she pays tribute to her husband, singing, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" while a jumbo projector shows home videos of him and family members. It's unclear whether or not Angelil has been able to attend any of his wife's latest performances to witness the tribute in person.
Dion demonstrated continued resillience and resolve when she told USA Today in August, " ... you look at your husband that's sick and you say, 'I got you. I got it. I'm here. It's going to be just fine.'"
Weird - I have been seeing headlines about an impending divorce. Hopefully it’s not true. She sounds like a stoic woman.
I guess people could say what they will about the shocking age difference and the young age at which he and she may or may not have become involved. But the length of the relationship and what I’ve always heard and seen about her relationship has been nothing but up beat and positive - from her perspective.
It is rare that you see such a commitment in stardom today. It seems couples join and then split willy-nilly - all one big self-satisfaction show for the masses I guess. Maybe some tabloid cash too.
It would seem to me quite a few ‘stars’ in Hollywood could learn a thing or two from her.
I wonder if he got it from ......Oh nevermind
What a nasty cancer, so painful and debilitating.
Best of luck to them both.
Met when she was 12 and he was 38, “started” dating when she was 19.
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