It's been
four months since her husband of 21 years René Angélil passed away from
throat cancer at 73, and Céline Dion and her children are beginning to
feel better
'It's been a long, long journey. We were living in hope, knowing that there's no hope.'
When the
five-time Grammy winner's 59-year-old brother Daniel died two days later
from brain, throat, and tongue cancer - she thought it was 'perfect.'
'René
escorted my brother,' Céline rationalized. 'He took him under his
wings', and he said, "You know, I'll take good care of him."
The
Québec-born beauty told their 15-year-old son René-Charles
Jr. immediately, but waited a few days to deliver the sad news to
their five-year-old boys Eddy and Nelson.
Inspired
by the 2009 Pixar movie Up, Dion threw a glitter and balloon-filled
celebration to inform the fraternal twins that 'Papa' had 'gone up.'
'I really, really want to prove to my kids their mother is strong.' Dion
will receive the Icon trophy at this Sunday's Billboard Music Awards
where she'll perform a cover of Queen's The Show Must Go On in honor of
Angélil.
The
uplifting song was originally penned about frontman Freddie Mercury's
desire to perform despite having AIDS, and he passed away at age 45 a
month after its 1991 release. 'René always insisted the show must go on,' Céline - whose net worth is $630M - recalled.
'I'm 48
years old and I lost the love of my life. I miss him a lot from when he
was great but not when he was suffering. I cannot be selfish. You have
to let people go. I feel at peace.'
The
Overjoyed songstress will next use her five-octave pipes at her Las
Vegas residency - now in its 16th leg - at Caesars Palace's Colosseum on
Wednesday.
And
next Tuesday, Dion drops the first single, Encore un soir, off her 15th
French-language studio album hitting shelves this fall.
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