CELINE DION'S HUSBAND DIES AT 73

René Angélil, the husband of the worldwide sensational American musician, Celine Dion, has passed away on Thursday, January 14, after battling a protracted throat cancer, his representative told Us Weekly .He was 73 years. He died at his home in Las Vegas under an intensive care of a qualified physician. His cause of death is said to be   natural as suggested by Clark County coroner John Fudenberg, so there would no further investigation into his death.

Dion also confirmed the heartbreaking news via Twitter. 

Angélil was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, and started on a music career in the 1960s.Though  he   never was a  singer or a singing artist like  her  wife ,but he  was  active  on the  music  scene by being an artist manager and he efficiently groomed  and  managed his  wife to stardom. Rene Angelil and Celine Dion had three sons together, Rene-Charles, the eldest, 14, and twin boys Nelson and Eddy, 5.

The songstress, who took a hiatus from her residency in Las Vegas in August 2014, detailed her husband's health battle in an interview with Us Weekly last August. 

She  said   and  I  quote "I’m trying really hard to show my children that sickness and things happen in life. You cannot be crying and be depressed and consistently talk about, ‘Oh my God,’" Dion, 47, told Us and other reporters during her return to the stage. "René-Charles is going to be 15 years old soon. He’s a wonderful young man. He’s entered his teenage years, and sometimes we can go really crazy, for some teenagers, but so far so good. I have tremendous respect for my oldest, René-Charles, because he’s showing strength to see his dad this way because he’s been his anchor. When he was younger he knew his dad was older but they bonded a lot. I’m sure it's hard for him."

She added: "Unfortunately there a lot of people struggling with battles. When you have family around I think it helps tremendously."

Dion told Us weekly in that same interview that she was proud of her husband. "He doesn’t stop amazing me," she said of his strength. "I’m being heard through my interviews, through my songs. This is his time to be heard. This is his way. It’s going to be his way, and it’s going to be the way he wants it to be."