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Thérèse Dion Born March 20, 1927
Saint-Bernard-des-Lacs, Quebec, CanadaOccupation Television personality Spouse Adhémar-Charles Dion (deceased) Children 14 Thérèse Tanguay Dion (born March 20, 1927), popularly known as Maman Dion, is a Québécois television personality, and the mother of pop singer Céline Dion.
She was born on the Gaspé Peninsula, in Saint-Bernard-des-Lacs, Quebec, as was her late husband Adhémar Dion. Her parents were Antoinette (née Sergerie) and Laureat Achille Tanguay.[1]
Already well-known in Quebec as a powerful stage mother involved in her daughter's career, she later launched her own line of food products, Pâtés de Maman Dion, and became a host of cooking shows for TVA. She is also a sponsor of the Fondation maman Dion, an educational foundation which provides school supplies and clothing to underprivileged children.
She is the mother of 14 children.
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Categories:- 1927 births
- Businesspeople from Quebec
- Canadian philanthropists
- Canadian television chefs
- French Quebecers
- Living people
- People from Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Celine Dion
- Canadian television biography stubs
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