Thérèse Dion
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Thérèse Tanguay-Dion, Template:Postnominals (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 Céline Dion.
She was born on the Gaspé Peninsula, in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, 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]
Children
Thérèse and Adhémar had 14 children:[7]
- Denise Dion (born 16 August 1946)
- Clément Dion (born 2 November 1947)
- Claudette Dion (born 10 December 1948)
- Liette Dion (born 8 February 1950)
- Michel Dion (born 18 August 1952)
- Louise Dion (born 22 September 1953)
- Jacques Dion (born 10 March 1955)
- Daniel Dion (29 November 1956 – 16 January 2016)
- Ghislaine Dion (born 28 July 1958)
- Linda Dion (born 23 June 1959)
- Manon Dion (born 7 October 1960)
- Paul Dion (born 3 April 1962)
- Pauline Dion (born 3 April 1962)
- Céline Dion (born 30 March 1968)
Death
After several months of experiencing health issues, Thérèse Tanguay-Dion died at her home in the Saint-Rose neighborhood of Laval, Quebec on 17 January 2020, at the age of 92.[8][9]
References
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- ↑ "Maman Dion puts own brand of sizzle into cooking show". National Post, 8 September 1999.
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- ↑ "Golfers do good; Maman Dion's Foundation Fights High School Dropout Rate". Montreal Gazette, 27 July 2008.
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