Céline Dion’s children are worried she will be killed by her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome. The 56-year-old ‘My Heart Will Go On’ singer was forced to stop performing following her 2022 diagnosis of the rare condition, and she has now opened up about how her fight with the disorder has left her three kids gripped with fear about how long she will live. She said in a preview of her upcoming interview on Australia’s ‘Sunrise’ morning show: “I don’t have my mom.
I don’t have my dad. My kids are scared because they lost their dad. “They’re wondering if I’m going to die.
” Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. Céline had her three sons – René-Charles, 23, and twins Nelson and Eddy, 13, with her music producer husband of 22 years René Angélil, who died from throat cancer aged 73 in 2016. Her illness causes progressive muscle stiffness and repeated muscle spasms.
The singer was first hit symptoms in 2008, but they worsened by 2021 when she had to postpone her Las Vegas residency due to “severe” spams and she later cancelled her ‘Courage’ world tour. She also recently admitted she did not “take the time” to understand the early symptoms of her Stiff Person Syndrome. She told broadcaster Hoda Kotb, 59, on the ‘Today’ show: “I did not take the time I should have stopped, take the time to figure it out.
” Referring to how she was caring for ill René at the time she was suffering.
