Celebration of Life for Rene

[WindyCityCelineFan]

So proud to be a Celine & Rene fan. That was a very touching tribute and glad I stayed up to watch.

[Nmj]

This picture gave me chills and made me so emotional, I love you Celine .

Goodnight Everyone <3

 

Edited February 4, 2016 at 06:14 AM by Nmj

[DestinMg5]

So beautiful and touching so proud of Celine! It is hard for words to come out after losing someone you loved

[sangstar]

As someone above said, I'm hoping there were no issues with the stream during the recording.

 

I'm so tired zzz

[anewdayhascome]

OMG the video is off BUT you can watch it from the very beginning!

 

off to bed for an hour at least!

[Celinenvegas]

So many emotional, touching, & funny moments. He was loved and we will all miss him.

[louisechf]

Im so happy I did watch. Thank you Céline for sharing this, thank you to all of you being at the Celebration of Life for René, and thank you all that stayed up with me at the forum watching this!

 

louisechf with love

 

 

[LukeD]

8.15 am and I'm totally sleepless. I'm off to bed too, it was nice reading the comments of everyone. Made the tribute even better!

[I Drove All Night!]

Just beautiful. I appreciate Celine speaking from the heart, I'm sure it was hard for her and you could tell she was having a hard time getting the right words out (another reason I wish this had been a French language event). So much love and admiration for her strength. We love you Celine, sending you all kinds of love and warm embraces!!!

 

And on that note... it is way past my bedtime. Thanks for sharing the experience everyone. I love you!

[drove all night]

IT CAN BE RE-WATCHED @ that livestream link!!!! How great !!!

 

http://reneangelilcelebrationoflife.com

[sfbaysinger]

Every speaker was brilliant and poignant and elloquent. Loved David's performance, he actually can sing. Linda stood out to me, and of course, David and Dave. It was hard to experience her so different, it's just not the same.

[Calilly]

Proud of her, proud of the all family. What an emotional ceremony. I know why I love You Céline, proud to be your fan, proud to be french and share your values.

Thank you for this incredible moment that we'll never forget. René, wherever you are, you can keep watching them continues their journey on the path you've drawn.

 

We love U all !!!

We have to keep going for him !

[Matias]

We can all agree that at least in english is the first time we see Celine so raw an open and being serious, sadly it had to be at this moment, she looked so fragile, lost and heartbroken, it really helped understand how important this man was and to those he worked with, wether a caddy or a CEO...

She looked like she aged 5 years in 2 weeks, I can't imagine being in her shoes now, she REALLY lost the love of her life, at the end of the day, we all want to love and being loved like Celine and Rene

Edited February 4, 2016 at 06:19 AM by Matias

[smash]

WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!! Cried my eyes out. Was so beautiful, she looked stunning, and her speech, unbelieveable. :in_love:

 

Love,

Sharon/

[LVCeline]

Boy, what a tribute that was. I missed the first few minutes, but stayed until the end. Everyone who spoke was wonderful, they all had such nice things to say about Rene. It just goes to show you were Celine gets part of her character from. You can really tell he influenced her in all the good ways by the way he treated everyone. The musical interludes were lovely as well. I loved how everyone was doing impressions of how he speaks, but I gotta say, Dave Plattel nailed it, I thought his was the best. I lost it several times, David Foster's speech and performance of course easily moved me to tears. I had no idea he was going to actually sing. I thought Celine's speech at the end was very sweet, although she seemed a little disconnected still, understandably so. I don't think she expresses herself exactly the way she wants to when she speaks in English, but you could tell her words absolutely came from her heart, and that she loved and respected him more than words could ever really express in any language.

 

I'm so glad we got to see the service as well as this celebration, it really meant a lot of me as a fan of Celine. It has brought me closure and I feel like I've cried more than I have for any family member who's ever passed away. Celine holds a very special place inside me, and of course the man responsible for bringing her into our lives is Rene, so he holds a very special place inside me as well. It's all been very moving to hear absolutely nothing but nice things about Rene, he was truly one of a kind. I look forward to where Celine goes in the future and I'll be with her every step of the way, and I'm so thankful for him and everything he's done for her in the past.

[drove all night]

The cast of René's hand ... :cry: :cry:

[XxLoveIsUnconditionalxX]

Well, it's almost 6:30am here and I'm yet to sleep. I really cannot find the words right now to explain what I just watched. They will come tomorrow but right now I just want to say how proud I am to be a Céline Dion fan.

Goodnight everyone. Thanks for being here <3

[SuperLove4Celine]

I have never loved or had more admiration for Celine before tonight. Just...WOW!

[sangstar]

Just checked my recording, and seems like its all there.

 

Stream started 3 mins after I pressed record.

 

But will need to snip the end.

 

If its still on the official site, I will try and watch it from work today.

[onix]

Thank you for being here guys!

It's always a pleasure been here with all of you, even in this hard watching "parties".

But always all together, make me feel surrounded and cared.

Specially at this time, I truly feel all of you not only as a "Celine fans like me" but as a Family...

thank you and big hugs for every one of you, even if you didn't post.

 

Lots of love, God bless you all!

Now its time to sleep.

See you tomorrow

 

I love you Rene, and thank you for everything! <3

Edited February 4, 2016 at 06:27 AM by onix

[Nmj]

We can all agree that at least in english is the first time we see Celine so raw an open and being serious, sadly it had to be at this moment, she looked so fragile, lost and heartbroken, it really helped understand how important this man was and to those he worked with, wether a caddy or a CEO...

She looked like she aged 5 years in 2 weeks, I can't imagine being in her shoes now, she REALLY lost the love of her life, at the end of the day, we all want to love and being loved like Celine and Rene

 

Not really, she looked very similar to Delles tv special with the blue dress and hair the same way. All things considered she looks better than I thought.

 

Edited February 4, 2016 at 06:24 AM by Nmj

[Koolan]

She was very fragile. I felt like she was about to lose it. She truly spoke from her heart, what a raw, heartfelt, emotional speech. It must have taken a lot to hold herself up.

 

Glad we could be a part of this celebration of his life. Thanks everyone for coming together. Sending lots of love to Celine and her family.

[Matias]

Not really, she looked very similar to Delles tv special with the blue dress and hair the same way. All things considered she looks better than I thought.

 

 

Don't get me wrong, she looked amazing considering, even if the hairdo is the same, I think the HD shows how tired she is, and hell of a 2 weeks she had, Imnot saying she looks bad, just saying how pain can even change your face

[zuv]

Well, that was emotional.

 

Nice words from everyone. David Foster's rendition of TCOML surprised me so much, dropped a few tears.

 

Celine spoke from the heart, said things i wasn't expecting really. Made me very emotional too.

 

With all that we've learn abt René tonight, I can hope to go to bed and wake up tmw and try to be and act just a little like René was. He's a great model to follow. Thank you René

 

Good night everyone

[Nmj]

[clefurgey]

As everyone else has said, David Foster's speech was one of the highlights for me.

Also wow, he actually sang TCOML, when we all thought he'd just play.

 

As for Celine's speech, what can I say. I had no idea she'd speak for as long as she did. I could tell she was having a hard time at certain points, and the ending, just, god her emotion.

I am so greatful to whoever organized all the streams, it made me feel like I was a part of everything. Can I say I hope the trend continues, but under happier circumstances.

 

Céline, we love you and are so, so proud of you.

René, thank you once again for giving all of us a chance to know Celine, and, through her, the amazing man that you are. Bon voyage, Champion.

[drove all night]

I've recorded her speech with my smartphone. And look: SHE GLOWS! She's got a halo! Somehow I imagine it's that immense love she felt and got from the love of her life!

[duchess83]

Beautiful tribute. I'm so glad they had this, and glad there was a livestream. I'm in awe of Celine.

[scielle]

Wow, she did beautifully, and held up much better through the entire thing than I thought she would. She's got this.

I forget sometimes that her English has indeed gotten quite a bit better over the years; I mean, she didn't really read anything she wrote. She just spoke from the heart and it was raw and completely real. She can be a great speaker when not reading canned speeches off of teleprompters! And sure, it would have been more eloquent in French... but you can't deny that was beautiful nonetheless.

And RC once again proved to be a rock for mom; he did't have to say anything, you could just tell.

Hard not to be moved by all this.

Edited February 4, 2016 at 06:47 AM by scielle

[clefurgey]

I have never loved or had more admiration for Celine before tonight. Just...WOW!

 

Neither have I. Just, everything she's done over the last few weeks. Greeting the public for over nine hours at the viewing, all the little touching gestures from the funeral itself, tonight's speech which was clearly difficult for her, and, last but not least, allowing all of us to share these beautiful and amazing moments with her.

Merci infiniment, Céline. On t'aime!