René Angélil
René Angélil , CM OQ (born January 16, 1942 in Montreal , † January 14, 2016 in Las Vegas ) was a Canadian singer and manager. He was the husband and manager of the singer Celine Dion .
career
René Angélil began his career as a pop singer in Montreal in the 1960s, forming the pop-rock group The Baronets with childhood friends Pierre Labelle and Jean Beaulne . The band had successful titles such as C'est Fou, corn c'est Tout (a cover version of the Beatles -title Hold Me Tight ) during the short period when in Quebec French versions of English original songs from the UK and the USA have had great success. After the band broke up, Angélil and his best friend Guy Cloutier began working as managers for other artists.
Together they accompanied the careers of Québec entertainers René Simard and Ginette Reno . In 1981, Angélil and Cloutier separated to work alone as managers. At the end of 1981 (soon after the replacement as manager of Reno), Angélil heard a demo tape from Celine Dion and took responsibility for its management. In 1987 and 1988 he received the Félix Award as "Manager of the Year".
In July 2008, Angélil was appointed director of the fourth season of the Star Academie casting show , which went on air in February 2009.
Private life
René Angélil came from a family with Syrian roots. He belonged to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church . He studied at the Collège Grasset and the Clercs de Saint-Viateur in Outremont near Montreal. In 1966 he married his first wife, Denyse Duquette; with her he became father of a son in 1968. In 1974 he married the singer Manon Kirouac, stage name Anne Renée . During this marriage he became the father of daughters born in 1974 and 1977. On December 17, 1994 he married Celine Dion , 26 years his junior , with whom he had three sons (2001 and the twins born in 2010).
When Angélil developed esophageal cancer , Celine Dion interrupted her career to be with her husband. He appeared as a cancer survivor in Simple Plan's Save You video .
Angélil was a NHL - Hockey fan and with the Canadian hockey manager Pierre Lacroix friends.
In an unauthorized television biography about Celine Dion, Angélil is portrayed by the Canadian actor Enrico Colantoni . He was often the target of jokes in Kathy Griffin's appearances .
On January 14, 2016, Angélil succumbed to cancer at the age of 73.
Blackmail attempt
Angélil was accused by Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung of sexually molesting her in a Las Vegas hotel in 2000 . The local police investigated and Angélil finally paid the plaintiff in an out-of-court settlement; However, he never admitted the allegations, but always emphasized that the payment was made to keep negative publicity away from his wife Celine Dion. Yun and her husband Ae Ho Kwon were arrested for attempted extortion against Angélil in 2003 and sentenced in 2005 (unproven rape allegation). In early 2008, the Nevada Supreme Court overturned the extortion and conspiracy ruling but upheld the jury's ruling on attempted extortion. The court found in its grounds of judgment that the couple should have had an opportunity in the criminal proceedings to produce evidence of rape by Angélil.
Defamation Actions
In 2001, Angélil and Celine Dion filed a $ 5 million lawsuit against the Quebec tabloid Allo Vedettes , which claimed in an article that the couple had exclusively rented the swimming pool at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for $ 5,000 for privacy and to be able to sunbathe and swim uncovered. The two vehemently denied these allegations, but later withdrew their lawsuit on the grounds that priorities had shifted in the face of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 .
Gambling
Angélil was an avid poker player ; In 2005 he qualified for the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and won the 2007 Mirage Poker Showdown on the World Poker Tour . Rumor has it that Angélil was also a gambler away from the poker tables, betting up to $ 1 million a week at Caesars Palace and having the same amount of credit at the Hotel Bellagio's casino .
Speculation about Angélil's gambling broke out when the former mayor of Las Vegas and current manager of Harrah's Communications , Jan Jones , was quoted by a reporter for the British newspaper The Observer as saying: “Celine Dion's husband is a gambler on a grand scale. He's probably risking $ 1 million a week, but he can afford it. ”Caesars Palace, owned by Harrah's , issued a denial.
Web links
- René Angélil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Celine Dion's husband Rene Angelil on dailymail.co.uk
- ↑ Rene Angelil prend la tête de l'Académie LCN, July 29, of 2008.
- ↑ Biography on imdb.com
- ↑ Celine Dion gives birth to twins. In: Focus Online from October 24, 2010.
- ^ Theo Fleury , Kirstie McLellan Day : Playing with Fire. The highest highs and lowest lows of Theo Fleury . HarperCollins , Toronto 2009, ISBN 978-1-55468-239-3 , pp. 217 .
- ↑ WEtv movie "Celine" on imdb.com
- ↑ Musician René Angélil, Céline Dion's husband, dies at 73
- ↑ Rape Charge Dropped for Dion's Husband
- ↑ Queen of Las Vegas brings her winning streak to Britain | Business | The Observer
- ↑ Ramblin 'Gamblin' Man: Rene Angelil ( Memento from February 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Angélil, René |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian singer and manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 2016 |
| Place of death | Las Vegas , Nevada , United States |