The René Angélil legacy

[chocolatechip15]

I read this part of the official statement, and the tears finally came. So, so sad and beautiful: "According to his final wishes, his Funeral will be held at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, where 21 years ago, he chose to marry the one who will remain as the great love of his life, the artist for which he had the most respect, the woman who gave him light and happiness until his very last breath."

 

I wonder if Rene wrote part of this himself.

[fikus1]

Celine's music has been helping me for 14 years now. Mostly when I lost my parents or when my heart was broken by the person I loved the most in my life. But not only then...any bad moments at school, at work, etc...Celine's been there for me...Thanks to Rene...

 

THEY BOTH TAUGHT ME LOVE. They give me one of the biggest gifts someone can ever give you.

 

They showed me what love should be like. A relationship full of respect, trust, empathy, compassion, devotion and mostly friendship.

I also remember Celine saying that she loves making Rene laugh, as if it was yesterday. I think these all things are what love is about.

 

I knew how Celine and Rene both struggled due to his illness and the way decided to go through it in 1999 and in the last 2 years.

They made a decision not to dramatise and walk with their heads up till the very end. Live one day at the time and take the best of it without questioning "Why me?" I admire them for that.

 

Rene was the man who gave Celine to us in a way. If it wasn't for him we would probably never have had a chance to live our lives with Celine's music in them making them much more beautiful. Thanks to music filled with so many emotions, helping us to go through the good and the bad times. The songs sung by a girl, later a woman whose voice can touch people's souls. The voice that brings the fans throughout the world smiles and tears...Thanks to Rene...

 

My heart has been broken... ;-( I'm thinking about poor Céline and the twins. I'm worried about Rene-Charles. From what I've heard I assume he had a very special bound with his father. They must have been very close. I know it is a tragedy to a boy who's 14. I lost my dad at the same age...

 

I wish them all a lot of peace at this difficult time. I'm sure Céline who is a very smart and intelligent woman also will manage to find it and give it to her kids. I hope eventually she'll come back to do what she loves doing the most, except for being with her family...But whatever she chooses, I'll be a thankful and loving fan of theirs till the end  of my life...Rest in peace Rene

 

Radek

Edited January 16, 2016 at 02:56 AM by fikus1

[MrTim212]

Celine's music has been helping me for 14 years now. Mostly when I lost my parents or when my heart was broken by the person I loved the most in my life. But not only then...any bad moments at school, at work, etc...Celine's been there for me...Thanks to Rene...

 

THEY BOTH TAUGHT ME LOVE. They give me one of the biggest gifts someone can ever give you.

 

They showed me what love should be like. A relationship full of respect, trust, empathy, compassion, devotion and mostly friendship.

I also remember Celine saying that she loves making Rene laugh, as if it was yesterday. I think these all things are what love is about.

 

I knew how Celine and Rene both struggled due to his illness and the way decided to go through it in 1999 and in the last 2 years.

They made a decision not to dramatise and walk with their heads up till the very end. Live one day at the time and take the best of it without questioning "Why me?" I admire them for that.

 

Rene was the man who gave Celine to us in a way. If it wasn't for him we would probably never have had a chance to live our lives with Celine's music in them making them much more beautiful. Thanks to music filled with so many emotions, helping us to go through the good and the bad times. The songs sung by a girl, later a woman whose voice can touch people's souls. The voice that brings the fans throughout the world smiles and tears...Thanks to Rene...

 

My heart has been broken... ;-( I'm thinking about poor Céline and the twins. I'm worried about Rene-Charles. From what I've heard I assume he had a very special bound with his father. They must have been very close. I know it is a tragedy to a boy who's 14. I lost my dad at the same age...

 

I wish them all a lot of peace at this difficult time. I'm sure Céline who is a very smart and intelligent woman also will manage to find it and give it to her kids. I hope eventually she'll come back to do what she loves doing the most, except for being with her family...But whatever she chooses, I'll be a thankful and loving fan of theirs till the end  of my life...Rest in peace Rene

 

Radek

 

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your story.

 

 

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[sfbaysinger]

My deepest condolences and sympathies to the member here who recently lost your mother. And to all of you who lost your parents as children...so sad. Well I was at the dr office, getting a, woman exam done, when a member/dear friend on here kept calling. Both the dr and I were like, what does she want, she has to wait. But I had to take a bathroom break so during that I called and that's how I got the news. Still can't listen to her. No longer a Mariah fan but very kind of her to do what she did.

[scielle]

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[winforlife]

celebration of life ceremony?

 

While it is very sad and still hard to believe he is gone, it's fitting to celebrate his life. René was not only an inspiration but helped many artist advance in their careers.

[Nmj]

If this doesn't have you near tears your not human.

 

[incognito]

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That's not the real Hilldawg.

[CelineDionFreak]

If this doesn't have you near tears your not human.

 

Oh gosh... That's hard to watch

[Kristinaz]

Just curious and I apologize I don't want to sound morbid but do we think the wake/funeral will be shown on tv?

[Nmj]

Just curious and I apologize I don't want to sound morbid but do we think the wake/funeral will be shown on tv?

 

I don't think so but nothing's confirmed. I do bet however that there'll probably be footage of Celine entering the church and probably be footage for the celebration of life at Caesars Palace in Feb. just my guesses tho.

Edited January 16, 2016 at 04:45 AM by Nmj

[KaasDion]

I don't think I could watch the funeral on tv, too painful. the family is in so much pain not just for rene but Daniel too. . . They deserve no cameras inside

 

 

Just my opinion merci

 

[louisechf]

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louisechf with love

 

 

[Angel2006]

I really hope that the funeral isn't going to be on t.v. I don't want to see that. I know Celine's fans love Rene, but I think that should be a private moment between close friends and family. It's nice that the fans get to pay there respects the day before the actual funeral and that they are invited to the celebration of life. I think that's good enough. In my opinion, we don't need to see the funeral.

 

This is already hard enough. I don't want to see Celine, RC and the whole family in tears and have intimate moments plastered all over magazines. It's hard enough for Celine and there family right now. I think on this day they should have there privacy and space to grieve.

 

I think that is why there are inviting fans to say goodbye the day before the funeral and also at the celebration of life. It's a way that the fans can feel involved, but still give Celine her privacy to grieve.

 

I don't won't to witness Celine and the family in tears on my t.v. That would be way to sad. I expect to see a couple of pictures in magazines, but for the most part I think they are going to want to keep the actual funeral as private as possible. This day is going to be very hard for Celine and the whole family.

[infiniti]

I don't really know what to add to this thread. We all think and feel the same. With the news of Daniel today, Céline needs us now more than ever. Such a sad, sad time for the family. I'm glad we all have this forum so we can be united. Not quite sure why but this feels worse than I thought it would :/ however, the outpouring of support for Céline right now is very encouraging <3

people need to leave her alone! She and family need their privacy. Edited January 16, 2016 at 05:21 AM by infiniti

[Cheri Marie]

Oh, I am sorry for your loss.

Thank you DionFanAlways. I cried my eyes out all over again, just thinking about what the whole family is going through right now. And now her brother too, its just too much to contemplate. The stress and sadness must be awful for them. I wish them lots of love.

[Angel2006]

It helps tremendously to have this forum to talk out our feelings on Rene's passing. I would be much worse off right now if I didn't have any way to express myself. It's lovely that we can all come together as a united front in times like this.

 

Reading everyone's heartfelt comments is good therapy for me. I still can't believe Rene is gone. I think it's going to take me a long time to truly process the news. It's such a strange and sad feeling. Rene and Celine are all we've ever known. I just can't imagine Celine's life and our lives without seeing him.

 

It's just nice to know that at least we all have each other.

[cεℓinε]

It's so terrible what Céline and her family must be going through at this moment, with René and then Daniel. But Céline is a strong woman and we know she will pull through this. It brings me to tears to rewatch her interviews in the past months.

 

What I wanted to propose as a tribute to René is a little project I came up with in the past few days. Originally I was going to do a portrait of Céline and René and give it to Céline in the future, but I thought I'd make it more special by including the ******.com in the portrait, along with the Céline quote (preferably about René) that each fan thinks is most inspiring to them. If you are interested in participating, please reply/message me. My deviantART is http://imaginartionx.deviantart.com/

Edited January 16, 2016 at 05:45 AM by cεℓinε

[Angel2006]

I was just wondering. I know this would be incredibly difficult for Celine to do, but do you guys think she might sing a song for Rene at his funeral?

 

I know that would be asking a lot, but I think Rene would want that. Celine is his favorite singer on earth and nothing made him happier then hearing her sing. I wouldn't be surprised if Rene requested that Celine sing something in tribute at his funeral.

 

It would be such a tough thing to do, but Celine is a tough cookie and I can't help but think that Celine would want to do this for him.

[Kristinaz]

Just to make it clear I do not want to see the funeral by any means.I already have a hard enough time coping with death in general. But after it was announced (I saw this in most of the media reports) that the family accepted the offer of a State Funeral I wasn't sure whether or not that meant that it would be shown on tv.

[stevethefan]

Like everyone else here I was sad to hear of Rene's recent passing. I can't really say that I was that surprised to hear that it had happened, since his health had been steadily declining over the last few years, but it was still difficult to accept that the day had come.

[KaasDion]

Thank you KristenAZ for the state funeral information I hadon't heard that yet on US tv, maybe I didn't see the right channel

[Kristinaz]

Thank you KristenAZ for the state funeral information I hadon't heard that yet on US tv, maybe I didn't see the right channel

 

Most of the articles have now been updated and the wording has been changed a bit to say that the Quebec gov announced that Rene will get a state funeral instead of saying the family has accepted the offer for a state funeral but one of the original tweets I saw was this:

Max Harrold ‏@MHarroldCTV 8h8 hours agoToronto, Ontario

Quebec govt says René Angélil's family has accepted that he be given a national funeral; to be held at Mtl's Notre-Dame Basilica on Friday

[Allysadreams]

If this doesn't have you near tears your not human.

 

 

Tears 😢

[remykyes]

Oh god...its Rene's birthday...excuse me...💔😭💔😭💔 Edited January 16, 2016 at 09:12 AM by remykyes

[comingback]

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[Your_Su_Phu]

I saw some backlash about the national funeral though (people were saying Celine should pay for it rather than the taxpayers). I thought it was confirmed that there would be a private ceremony in Canada, then a public one in LV?

[browseceline]

even the Dutch newspaper Telegraaf here is writing about Celine and her loss with respect. I have to say it really does something to me as well. Maybe it is weird to mourn for someone you never really knew. But as a fan of Celine Dion we got to know him because Celine and Rene and their love for each other and they have always been an open book to us and they invited us into their lives and her career. I wish Celine all the strength she can have when she has to bring her beloved husband to the grave.

And her brother is dying as well. How more can Celine get? I feel so incredibly for her and her family..

 

Mariah Carey has payed respect and condolences as well:

 

http://www.eonline.com/news/731796/celine-dion-shares-touching-funeral-plans-for-husband-rene-angelil-mariah-carey-sends-condolences

Edited January 16, 2016 at 09:51 AM by browseceline

[stevo]

Immortality. That song, now...heartbreaking.

 

Barry Gibb: Dearest @celinedion, I am devastated by your loss, I know this sadness well. My family and I send all our love to you in your hour of grief.

[ivo]

I am sad for Celine and her family, I wish them all the strength the need.

 

It's difficult to lose someone so close, I know the pain... My mother suddenly died when I was thirteen at age 43 in 1993, shortly after that I discovered Celine and her music helped me through some difficult times. I want to thank Rene for that!

 

I can't listen to her music right now.

Edited January 16, 2016 at 10:07 AM by ivo