Thérèse Tanguay-Dion (; 20 March 1927 – 17 January 2020), popularly known as , was a Canadian television personality and the mother of singer Celine Dion.
Life Born on the Gaspé Peninsula in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec (as was her husband, Adhémar-Charles Dion), her parents were Antoinette (née Sergerie) and Laureat Achille Tanguay.
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."Maman Dion puts own brand of sizzle into cooking show". National Post, 8 September 1999. She was also a sponsor of the Fondation Maman Dion, founded in 2006, an educational foundation providing school supplies, clothing, and eyewear to underprivileged children."Golfers do good; Maman Dion's Foundation Fights High School Dropout Rate". Montreal Gazette, 27 July 2008.
Children Thérèse and Adhémar had 14 children: 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)
Death After several months of health issues, Thérèse Tanguay-Dion died at her home in the Saint-Rose neighbourhood of Laval on 17 January 2020, at the age of 92.
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