Thérèse Tanguay-Dion (née Tanguay; 20 March 1927 – 17 January 2020), popularly known as "Maman Dion" (French for 'Mommy Dion'), was a Canadian television personality and the mother of singer Celine Dion.
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Life
Born on the Gaspé Peninsula in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec (as was her husband, Adhémar-Charles Dion), her parents were Antoinette (née Sergerie) and Laureat Achille Tanguay.
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. She was also a sponsor of the Fondation Maman Dion, founded in 2006, an educational foundation providing school supplies, clothing, and eyewear to underprivileged children.
Children
Thérèse and Adhémar had 14 children:
Denise Dion (born 16 August 1946)
Clément Dion (born 2 November 1947)
Claudette Dion (born 10 December 1948)
Liette Dion (born 8 February 1950)