Thérèse Dion
Canadian television personality (1927–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thérèse Tanguay-Dion, MSM (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 Celine Dion.
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Thérèse Dion | |
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Born | Thérèse Tanguay (1927-03-20)20 March 1927 Saint-Bernard-des-Lacs, Quebec, Canada |
Died | 17 January 2020(2020-01-17) (aged 92) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Other names | Maman Dion |
Occupation | Television personality |
Spouse |
Adhémar-Charles Dion
(m. 1945; died 2003) |
Children | 14, including Celine Dion |
She was born on the Gaspé Peninsula, in Saint-Bernard-des-Lacs, 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]