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Along the Las Vegas strip, rumors have been rife about Celine Dion’s health.<\/p>\n

It’s a small town, and, for 15 years the Canadian songbird was its sequined queen as she warbled to millions of fans.<\/p>\n

After all, as Vegas journalist Scott Roeben said of her legendary residency at Caesars Palace: \u201cThis is the house that Celine built.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople had been telling me for some time that Celine would not be returning to live to perform \u2014 maybe ever at all,\u201d Roeben told Page Six.<\/p>\n

Dion, who owes much of her estimated $470 million fortune to Vegas shows, put an end to the gossip this week with an emotional video posted to social media. The singer has been diagnosed with a disease known as stiff person syndrome and will be postponing or canceling her shows.<\/p>\n

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Dion announced this past week that she is suffering from a disorder called stiff person syndrome, which has caused her to have to cancel or postpone her live appearances.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cI’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecently I have been diagnosed with a very rare syndrome, which affects something like one in a million people,\u201d she continued, explaining that side effects have been brutal.<\/p>\n

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Dion, now 54, first announced in October 2021 that she had to postpone her new Las Vegas residency at Resorts World because of \u201csevere\u201d muscle spasms \u2014 just a month before she was due to take to the stage. Months later, she canceled her North American tour and postponed her European tour.<\/p>\n

Stiff person syndrome causes rigidity and spasms in the trunk and limbs, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Over time, leg muscles become stiff followed by muscles in the arms and face.<\/p>\n

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Dion first announced in October 2021 that she had to postpone her Las Vegas residency because of \u201csevere\u201d muscle spasms that have been connected to stiff person syndrome.<\/figcaption>
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The \u201cPower of Love\u201d singer said the condition has made it difficult to walk and has prevented her from singing the way she’s \u201cused to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I know is singing,\u201d she said. \u201cIt’s what I’ve done all my life, and it’s what I love to do the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dion, seen here at the 2019 Met Gala, said the condition has made it difficult to walk \u2014 and sing.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cWhen it’s Celine, it’s not what you do, it’s who you are,\u201d Roeben said of her love of performing. \u201cTo have it taken away, it’s even more tragic.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sources believe she may not be able to return to the stage. After that initial talk of struggling with muscle spasms, we started hearing about how serious things were, but Celine is the type of person who does n’t want people to be unnecessarily concerned: Her fans are obsessed with every breath she takes. They hang on every word.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dion has made it no secret that she has struggled since the loss of her husband and manager Ren\u00e9 Ang\u00e9lil, who died following a lengthy battle with throat cancer in January 2016. As Dion has said, he was the only man she ever kissed, and it was Ang\u00e9lil who helped her negotiate her first residency with Caesars in 2003. Since then her residencies have grossed $681.3 million, according to AEG.<\/p>\n

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One insider who knew the couple told Page Six: \u201cSince Ren\u00e9 died, it’s been very difficult. He hasn’t been there to protect Celine. He was her touchstone, he looked after everything for her. Celine relied on him for everything \u2014 her management, her finances, her music production \u2014 and things have gone downhill since his passing. <\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not sure exactly who she has in her corner looking after her anymore, or if they have her best interests at heart,\u201d the insider said, adding: \u201cIt’s true \u2014 she may not ever be able to perform live again. \u201d<\/p>\n

As Page Six revealed in 2019, there were fears that a new crowd of friends, including \u201cbest friend\u201d and former backup dancer Pepe Mu\u00f1oz, had too much control over Dion. <\/p>\n

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Twins Nelson and Eddy were born after Dion went through six rounds of IVF.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cPepe is like her boy toy who is really trying to take over. He’s isolating her and people are feeling it. She’s in love with this guy and listens to everything he’s saying. People go to him when they have questions. He’s fully taken over. The only people around her now [are] Pepe, the hairdresser, and the stylist,\u201d said a source at the time.<\/p>\n

Mu\u00f1oz, who is married to artist Brayden Newby, has not posted any recent images of Dion on his Instagram account and was unavailable for comment.<\/p>\n

Dion met Ang\u00e9lil in 1980 in their native Quebec, Canada. The music manager, who was 38 and married with three children, gave up all his other acts and remortgaged his house to turn Dion, then 12 years old, into a star.<\/p>\n

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After years of dating in secret, Dion revealed the romance between her and Ren\u00e9 Ang\u00e9lil in the liner notes of her 1993 album, \u201cThe Color of My Love.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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The couple started secretly dating when Dion was 19 and Ang\u00e9lil was 45. After years of keeping their love under wraps, Dion revealed the romance in the liner notes of her 1993 album, \u201cThe Color of My Love,\u201d writing: \u201cRen\u00e9, for so many years I’ve kept our special dream locked away inside my heart. But now it’s too powerful to keep inside’.\u201d<\/p>\n

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‘I’m not sure exactly who she has in her corner . . . or if they have her best interests at heart. . . she she may never be able to perform live again.’<\/p>\n

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The couple wed in December 1994 with a lavish ceremony at the Notre Dame Basilica of Montreal that was broadcast live on Canadian TV.<\/p>\n

It was the first marriage for Dion and the third for Ang\u00e9lil, who was previously wed twice. Their last Ren\u00e9-Charles was born in January 2001 after fertility treatments. Following six rounds of IVF, Dion gave birth to twin sons Nelson and Eddy in October 2010.<\/p>\n

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In 2019, sources told Page Six that former back-up dancer Pep\u00e9 Munoz was \u201cisolating\u201d Dion from others.<\/figcaption>
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Insiders worry about when \u2014 and if \u2014 Dion will be able to perform in public again.<\/figcaption>
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Ang\u00e9lil was first diagnosed with throat cancer in 1999 and Dion took a two-year hiatus from performing to care for her husband.<\/p>\n

After having a tumor removed from his throat in December 2013, Ang\u00e9lil was diagnosed with cancer once again in 2014. Once again, Dion also stepped back from her career in order to focus on caring for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ll say, ‘You’re scared? I understand. Talk to me about it,’ \u201d the singer said. \u201cAnd Ren\u00e9 says to me, ‘I want to die in your arms.’ Okay, fine, I’ll be there, you’ll die in my arms.\u201d Angelil died on Jan. 14, 2016, just two days before his 74th birthday.<\/p>\n

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The singer has said her greatest pride remains her children but admitted she had struggled with Rene-Charles, now a rapper and DJ who goes by the stage name Big Tip.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you say no to so many things they will turn around and they will still do them away from you, which is even scarier,\u201d she told The Sun. \u201cThe girls are coming now \u2014 something to be stressed about. I am giving him more space. He does stuff sometimes, I have to say I don’t necessarily agree with what he chooses to try. But as long as he’s using his intelligence and his brain, I trust him. \u201d<\/p>\n

She added, however, \u201cI know he’s well taken care of above \u2014 his dad is sending him good energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe’s just kind of disappeared,\u201d said a source in Las Vegas, where Dion used to be regularly spotted.<\/figcaption>
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Since her husband’s death, it’s been unclear to whom Dion could turn. Mu\u00f1oz, 38, was pictured by her side as she embraced a new high-fashion image, turning to designers including Valentino. \u201cYeah, there’s another man in my life but not THE man in my life\u201d, she told The Sun in 2019.<\/p>\n

Dion was also aware of concern for her health among devoted fans due to her significant weight loss. She put it down to ballet lessons four times a week and training with Mu\u00f1oz, telling ABC News in 2019: \u201cIt’s true that I’m a little thinner. Everything’s fine, nothing’s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sources said, however, that the singer continues to struggle without her husband. <\/p>\n

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Before announcing her illness, Dion had said her weight loss was due to ballet and other exercises.<\/figcaption>
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She is rarely seen out and about in Vegas, where she lives after selling a $45 million mansion in Florida as well as her Montreal residence.<\/p>\n

Roeben said that, a few years ago, people in Vegas would \u201cspot Celine out and about with her entourage. But, for this very long stretch of time, nobody has shared even a paparazzi photo or a fan photo. She just kind of disappeared.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Grammy-award-winning star’s spring 2023 shows have now been pushed to 2024, and she canceled eight planned summer 2023 shows. <\/p>\n

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Dion is raising sons Ren\u00e9-Charles (second from left) and twins Nelson and Eddy alone and has said she has struggled.<\/figcaption>
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Meanwhile, \u201cIt’s All Coming Back to Me,\u201d a romantic drama in which Dion is set to make her acting debut, has been postponed from February to May 2023, a source who knows Dion told Page Six.<\/p>\n

The movie stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas as a woman struggling to move on from the death of her fianc\u00e9, played by Sam Heughan. Dion plays herself in the movie, which also features her music.<\/p>\n

\u201cCeline said she will be unveiling new songs for the movie,\u201d said the source of Dion. \u201cBut whether she does press or not for it [remains to be seen]\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, the source added: \u201cCeline is really tough. She she’ll be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n