Thérèse Dion

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.

Thérèse Dion
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]

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)
• Céline Dion (born 30 March 1968)

Death

After several months of experiencing health issues, Thérèse Tanguay-Dion died at her home in the Saint-Rose neighborhood of Laval, Quebec on 17 January 2020, at the age of 92.^[8][9]