Celine Dion Believes 'Best Is Yet To Come' 3 Years After Death of Husband and Brother
Three years after her husband’s death, superstar Céline Dion is facing her future with confidence, joy and excitement.
Dion, who just turned 51, has spent the better part of the last three years trying to find her new sense of normal after the death of her husband and manager René Angélil, who passed away on Jan. 14, 2016.
Just days after her husband passed, Dion also lost her brother to cancer, two sorrows to process during a tumultuous time.
Angélil was Dion’s biggest supporter throughout her career, carefully managing every detail of the singer’s presentations and working tirelessly to ensure the very best for her.
“He gave his all for me,” Dion said in an interview with People.
Since his death, Dion has been raising their three sons by herself and has moved into the role of making her own life decisions.
Dion accepted an offer to become the new spokesperson for L’Oréal, an exciting journey that Dion is eager to embrace.
“When they asked me, I never thought in my whole life it would be possible. Especially, not when I was young and not feeling confident or pretty—I was having problems with my teeth, was very, very skinny, and being bullied at school. I never thought L’Oréal Paris was going to ask me at 51 to become an ambassador,” she said in a press conference.
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Dion has a new album coming out called “Courage,” and will be leaving her Las Vegas residency for a North American tour set to begin in September.
“I’ve never felt as beautiful, as strong, and I really think the best is yet to come,” she said.
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After a sad, difficult season of watching her husband deteriorate, Dion feels that she has come out stronger on the other side.
“To see your husband suffer and dying slowly — the passing of my husband has been difficult,” Dion said. “You try to help the person you love the most. You watch TV shows with them and bring the children to say goodnight to Papa, tell them to be careful [with him]. That’s all good, but then you feel that boat and it’s sinking a little bit.”
In an interview with USA Today, Dion talked about her new album, which speaks to the renewed strength she has after weathering a difficult storm.
Losing her husband is a wound Dion will always have to bear, but she does not want the burden — her “luggage” — to be heavy.
“I want that luggage to be giving me strength and courage and passion,” Dion said. “I’m now part of production meetings, and bringing ideas. Before, Réne took the meetings. To protect me. ‘You sing the best you can and go rest.’ But it’s so fun. I’m discovering this.”
Dion was used to her husband managing life’s details, but is enjoying the chance to take control of her future.
“Suddenly I’m making all of the decisions,” Dion said of her personal life and career choices. “All of my life I’ve had so much protection. I’m the 14th child of a family. I had a big army.”
“I never had time to think about what I wanted to do with my life. It just happened,” she said, as Angélil had watched over her since discovering her talent at a young age.
But now, Dion is confident on her own two feet, eager to enter into the next chapter of life.
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