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René Angélil (born January 16, 1942 in Montréal) is a Canadian of Lebanese and Syrian ancestry. He is the husband and manager of Canadian singer Céline Dion. He studied in the College Grasset and Les Clercs de Saint-Viateur in Outremont, Montreal.
He started out as a pop singer in the 1960s in Montréal, Angélil formed a pop rock group, "The Baronets", who were known as "Quebec's Beatles." This group had some hits in the 1960's as "C'est Fou", "Mais, C'est tout" and "Hold Me Tight" catering to the short-lived Québec market for translations of English language pop hits from the United Kingdom or the United States. After the dissolution of the group, René Angélil began managing artists. He managed the career of two successful Quebec entertainers René Simard and Ginette Reno.
Not long after being replaced as Ginette's manager, in 1981 he heard Celine Dion's demo tape. In 1987 and 1988, he won the Felix Award of manager of the year.
On December 17, 1994, he married Celine Dion. He had been married twice before.
He suffered from prostate cancer, but has recovered.