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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
Born	Thérèse Tanguay (1927-03-20)20 March 1927 Saint-Bernard-des-Lacs, Quebec
Died	17 January 2020(2020-01-17) (aged 92) Montreal, Quebec[1]
Occupation	Television personality
Years active	1954–2020
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.[2] Her parents were Antoinette (née Sergerie) and Laureat Achille Tanguay.[3]

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.[4][5] She was also a sponsor of the Fondation Maman Dion which was founded in 2006,[6] an educational foundation which provides school supplies, clothing and eyewear to underprivileged children.[7]

Children

Thérèse and Adhémar had 14 children:[8]

• Denise Dion (born 16 August 1946)
• Clement 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)

Death

Thérèse Tanguay-Dion died on 17 January 2020 of Alzheimer resulting in dementia. She was 92.[9]

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