[Pete.]

Celine Dion is facing more heartbreak after the death of her husband René Angélil on Thursday.

The singer's older brother Daniel is also battling cancer, and his family believe he has just hours or days to live.

Celine's sister Claudette told Journal Of Montreal: 'It's very painful. It's a matter of days or hours. It looks a lot like René, he had cancer of the throat, tongue and brain. Our family is very experienced.'


Tragic: Celine's older brother Daniel is battling cancer and his family believe he only has 'hours to live'. She is seen left in November; he is pictured right in 2006
Tragic: Celine's older brother Daniel is battling cancer and his family believe he only has 'hours to live'. She is seen left in November; he is pictured right in 2006

Daniel, who is 59, is in hospital in Celine's native Montreal and surrounded by family, including 88-year-old mother Therese.

Members of the family gathered at Daniel's bedside on Thursday after being told that he is 'dying'.

Claudette added to Journal Of Montreal: 'We are with Daniel, day and night. He is 59 years old, very young to be the end of life.'

Celine, 47, is the youngest of 14 children.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...ours-live.html

[Pete.]

What did Celine do to deserve this?

[Denver]

Everyone pray for the legend at this time

[joeysteele]

What awful tragic news, what she must be going through at this time.

[MB.]

Poor Celine </3

[Firewire]

poor celine </3

[Samm]

Poor her

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Pete.

What did Celine do to deserve this?

I've known whole families wiped out , Celine is no different - ordinary people deal with these things because they have too - so will she

[Z]

As horrible as it is, I'd imagine there will be a lot of closeness in the family right now with so much sadness going on around them and that in itself must be quite a reassuring thing, that they're not alone in their grief...

[Gstar]

omg Celine is only 47

[Denver]

He has now passed away R.I.P

[Pete.]

[Lostie!]

Two personal tragedies so close together, how awful.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

Two personal tragedies so close together, how awful.

With the same illness aswell

[Samm]

RIP

[erinp5]

What a heartache for her and her family... RIP both .

[Ammi]

..so incredible sad for her to lose her husband and brother within a few days.....that poor family...

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..so incredible sad for her to lose her husband and brother within a few days.....that poor family...

So true Ammi, it is so tragic. I feel for the poor woman.