{"id":286708,"date":"2020-01-18T14:09:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T21:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1113246"},"modified":"2020-01-18T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T21:09:28","slug":"celine-dion-pays-touching-tribute-to-late-mother-onstage-at-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/celine-dion-pays-touching-tribute-to-late-mother-onstage-at-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9line Dion Pays Touching Tribute to Late Mother Onstage at Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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C\u00e9line Dion<\/a><\/strong> dedicated her concert in Miami on Friday to a very special person: Her late mother.<\/p>\n

Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Tanguay Dion<\/strong>, a TV host, philanthropist and mother of 14, died at age 92 on Thursday night while surrounded by family, the CBC<\/a> reported. Her death followed C\u00e9line’s dad Adh\u00e9mar Dion<\/strong>‘s passing at age 80 in 2003, and the 2016 death of the singer’s husband and father of their three boys, Ren\u00e9 Ang\u00e9lil<\/strong>, at age 73<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I’m a little shaky today. My legs are a little wobbly,” C\u00e9line, 51, told the crowd at American Airlines Arena in Miami on Friday. “I’m pretty sure that you heard the news about my mom passing away early this morning. But I’m doing OK.”<\/p>\n

“My mom was 92,” the French-Canadian Grammy singer continued. “She was ill for quite a while and we knew she wouldn’t be with us for long. Two days ago, we got a call from the nurses who were taking care of her so well, saying that her time was coming soon, very soon. So last night, I joined my brothers and sisters in Montreal and I spent the evening at her bedside. We told stories. We sang songs. We hugged each other. And we said our goodbyes. We are pretty sure that Mom waited for us to be all together before [she passed].”<\/p>\n

The singer added, “I know for sure that she wanted me to be the best of myself tonight and I also know that she wanted all of you to have the time of your life.”<\/p>\n

Th\u00e9r\u00e8se helped C\u00e9line at the start of her music career. She wrote the song “Ce n’\u00e9tait qu’un r\u00eave,” her then-12-year-old daughter’s first hit, released in 1981.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“My mom loved to laugh,” the singer told the crowd. “She loved to dance. She loved to sing. She was a musician, you know, she was playing violin. She wrote my first song. Music was such an important part of our lives. It’s because of her and my dad that I became a performer. So tonight, on behalf of my brothers and sisters and all of the family, we would love to dedicate this show to her.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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\ud83e\udd7a @celinedion<\/a> dedicating her show in #Miami<\/a> at @AAarena<\/a> tonight to her mother who she says passed away overnight at age 92. @CBSMiami<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/hjZOjMpbfU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Frances Wang (#FrannyInMiami) (@FrancesWangTV) January 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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“The concert was very emotional,” an eyewitness told E! News. “The audience was very moved by her words. They were so heartfelt and she still put on an amazing show.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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C\u00e9line also shared on her Instagram<\/a> page a black and white photo of her with her family.<\/p>\n

“Maman, we love you so much,” she wrote. “We dedicate tonight’s show to you and I’ll sing to you with all my heart. Love, C\u00e9line xx\u2026”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2014Reporting by Mike Vulpo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Watch E! News<\/i> weekday mornings at 7 a.m.! And don’t miss our 2020 Grammys: E!’s Inside Guide<\/i> special Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 11 p.m. for a Grammy Awards preview!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Alexander Tamargo\/Getty Images for Sony C\u00e9line Dion dedicated her concert in Miami on Friday to a very special person: Her late mother. Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Tanguay Dion, a TV host, philanthropist and mother of 14, died at age 92 on Thursday night while surrounded by family, the CBC reported. Her death followed C\u00e9line’s dad Adh\u00e9mar Dion‘s passing at age 80 in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-04 11:15:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}