Thérèse Dion
Canadian television personality (1927–2020)
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Thérèse Tanguay-Dion (née Tanguay; 20 March 1927 – 17 January 2020), popularly known as "Maman Dion" (French for 'Mommy Dion'), was a Canadian television personality and the mother of singer Céline Dion.
20 March 1927
- Television personality
- songwriter
Thérèse Dion | |
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 Dion c. 2006 | |
| Born | Thérèse Tanguay 20 March 1927 Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 17 January 2020 (aged 92) Laval, Quebec, Canada |
| Other name | Maman Dion |
| Occupations |
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| Spouse |
Adhémar-Charles Dion
(m. 1945; died 2003) |
| Children | 14, including Céline Dion |
Life
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, founded in 2006,[5] an educational foundation providing 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)
- Celine Dion (born 30 March 1968)