Céline Dion’s incredible life, from a difficult childhood to marrying her manager

She named her kids after two heroes

Dion was 30 and René was 58 when they decided to use in-vitro fertilisation to conceive a child. Their first son René-Charles was born in 2001. Her other pregnancy was in 2010 when she was 40.

Using wealth to help global disasters

Céline Dion was known as a charitable and loving person, and her true colours showed when she intervened after various global catastrophes and helped out citizens. For example, she dedicated a Mother’s Day performance of her Las Vegas show “A New Day…” to help the many victims of the Asian Tsunami in late 2014 “I can’t imagine their pain as a mother. We can all see that these people will need our help for years to come to rebuild their lives “She later donated $1 million to the American Red Cross to help Hurricane Katrina victims, which caused massive damage and more than 1,200 deaths. She later criticised the U.S. government for not doing enough to save citizens while sending thousands of troops to Iraq.