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Canadian television personality (1927–2020)
Thérèse Dion
Born Thérèse Tanguay
(1927-03-20 ) 20 March 1927Died 17 January 2020(2020-01-17) (aged 92) Other names Maman Dion Occupation Television personality Spouse
Adhémar-Charles Dion
(
m. 1945; died 2003)
Children 14, including
Celine Dion
Thérèse Tanguay-Dion ,
MSM (20 March 1927 – 17 January 2020), popularly known as Maman Dion ("Mommy Dion" in French), was a Canadian television personality and the mother of singer
Celine Dion .
She was born on the
Gaspé Peninsula , in
Saint-Bernard-des-Lacs ,
Quebec , as was her husband, Adhémar-Charles Dion.
[1] Her parents were Antoinette (née Sergerie) and Laureat Achille Tanguay.
[2]
Already well known in Quebec as a
stage mother involved in her daughter's career, she later launched her own line of food products, Pâtés de Maman Dion, and became host of a
cooking show for
TVA in 1999.
[3]
[4] She was also a sponsor of the Fondation Maman Dion which was founded in 2006,
[5] an educational foundation which provides school supplies, clothing and eyewear to underprivileged children.
[6]
Thérèse and Adhémar had 14 children:
[7]
Denise Dion (born 16 August 1946)
Clement Dion (born 2 November 1947)
Claudette Dion (born 10 December 1948)
Liette Dion (born 8 February 1950)
Michel Dion (born 18 August 1952)
Louise Dion (born 22 September 1953)
Jacques Dion (born 10 March 1955)
Daniel Dion (29 November 1956 – 16 January 2016)
Ghislaine Dion (born 28 July 1958)
Linda Dion (born 23 June 1959)
Manon Dion (born 7 October 1960)
Paul Dion (born 3 April 1962)
Pauline Dion (born 3 April 1962)
Celine Dion (born 30 March 1968)
Thérèse Tanguay-Dion died in Montreal on 17 January 2020, at the age of 92.
[8]
^ Kussin, Zachary (17 January 2020).
"Celine Dion's mom, Thérèse Dion, dead at 92" . New York Post . Retrieved 2 December 2020 .
^ Germain, G.H. (1998).
Céline: The Authorized Biography of Céline Dion . Dundurn Press. p.
26 .
ISBN
9781550023183 . Retrieved 13 April 2015 .
^ "Maman Dion puts own brand of sizzle into cooking show".
National Post , 8 September 1999.
^ Luft, Basem Boshra and Amy (17 January 2020).
" 'Maman, we love you so much': Therese Dion, mother of superstar Celine Dion, has died at age 92" . Montreal . Retrieved 2 December 2020 .
^
" 'Maman Dion,' mother of superstar Céline Dion, dead at 92 | CBC News" . CBC . Retrieved 2 December 2020 .
^ "Golfers do good; Maman Dion's Foundation Fights High School Dropout Rate".
Montreal Gazette , 27 July 2008.
^
"Céline's Family" .
^
"Celine Dion Remembers Mother, Therese, With Moving Tribute" . TMZ. Retrieved 27 March 2020 .
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