One day after Celine Dion’s husband René Angélil passed away from throat cancer, news broke that the singer’s brother is also seriously ill and battling cancer.
Adding to the family heartbreak she is enduring after the loss of her husband, Dion’s rep confirmed to ET that her brother, Daniel, is dying.
Celine’s sister, Claudette, said that their brother was only given "a matter of days or hours.”
“It looks a lot like René, he had cancer of the throat, tongue and brain,” Claudette revealed. “He is 59 years old, very young to be the end of life.”
Most of the Dion family, including their elderly mother, is at Daniel’s hospital bedside for his last moments.
"Mom arrived very quickly in Montreal,” Claudette said. “She is 89 years old and she is very strong. It is surrounded, the whole family together. We are with Daniel, day and night.”
As we previously reported, Celine’s husband of 22 years died Thursday at their home in Las Vegas. His final wish was to die in his wife's arms and she said she planned to honor that wish.