This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2020) |
Thérèse Dion | |
---|---|
Born | Thérèse Tanguay 20 March 1927
Saint-Bernard-des-Lacs, Quebec, Canada |
Died | 17 January 2020
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | (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]
Thérèse Tanguay-Dion died in Montreal on 17 January 2020, at the age of 92. [8]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2020) |
Thérèse Dion | |
---|---|
Born | Thérèse Tanguay 20 March 1927
Saint-Bernard-des-Lacs, Quebec, Canada |
Died | 17 January 2020
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | (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]
Thérèse Tanguay-Dion died in Montreal on 17 January 2020, at the age of 92. [8]