Celine Dion's Husband René Angélil Dead at 73

When Dion previously announced she would be going on hiatus from her Las Vegas residency because her husband's health had taken a turn again, fans didn't know whether she would return to the stage, but during an interview in August, the soulful singer revealed that she'd decided to take the stage at Caesars Palace again, because "my biggest job is to tell my husband, we're fine. I'll take care of our kids. You'll watch us from another spot."

Dion said at the time that she resorts to being strong in times like these, but sometimes Angélil "needs something more sensitive than that, more than just positivity. Sometimes he just wants me to enter into a different place with him."

She continued, "I'll say, 'You're scared? I understand. Talk to me about it.' And René says to me, 'I want to die in your arms.' OK, fine, I'll be there, you'll die in my arms."

"When you see someone who is fighting so hard, it has a big impact on you," she said. "You have two choices. You look at your husband who's very sick and you can't help, and it kills you. Or you look at your husband that's sick and you say, 'I got you. I got it. I'm here. It's going to be just fine.'"

The couple married in 1994.

People was first to report the story.

—Reporting by Holly Passalaqua