Author: Gao Yuan

Editor: Tian Liang

celine dion

"Hello everyone, I'm sorry I haven't talked to you for so long."

The tone is soft and the breath is heavy. celine dion dressed in black looks gaunt.

On December 8th, the pop star posted a 5-minute video on social media, announcing that she was suffering from Stiff Man Syndrome, a rare nervous system disease, and she had to postpone the next "Courage World Tour Concert" in Europe.

"Muscle spasms have affected every aspect of my daily life, sometimes making it difficult for me to walk and sometimes making it impossible for me to sing as before. I have been working hard to restore my motor nerves and my ability to go on stage again with sports medicine therapists every day. In order to meet you again, I have no choice. "

Dion choked several times. One second before she almost cried, the video came to an abrupt end. It can be seen that the pain of leaving the stage and the audience has hit her hard.

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There are early signs of illness

This is not the first time Dion has postponed a concert due to health problems.

As early as March 22, before the epidemic spread in North America, she had completed the first 52 performances of the "Courage World Tour Concert" in North America, and it was sold out and hard to get a ticket. On the stage, she was "1% devoted" and the audience could not see any signs of illness.

"Courage World Tour Concert" has been held for 52 times

Until January 15th this year, her personal official website suddenly announced that due to health problems, she had to cancel the remaining performances of the North American station scheduled for March 9th to April 22nd.

The announcement reads: "She was treated for severe and persistent muscle spasm, which prevented her from performing. Her recovery time was longer than she hoped, and her medical team will continue to evaluate and treat the disease."

Illness has repeatedly put her acting career on hold. In the middle of last year, she was supposed to have a 37-day European tour, but it was postponed several times and even until the spring of 224.

In April, 222, Dion announced on social media that he would postpone his European tour.

How terrible is the "severe and persistent muscle spasm" and the paralysis syndrome similar to Parkinson's symptoms?

According to Merck's Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment, Stiff Man Syndrome is a rare disease of the central nervous system, which was first reported and named in foreign countries in 1956. The disease is mostly found in women aged 3 to 4, and the prevalence rate is about one in a million. The etiology and pathogenesis are not completely clear, and at present they tend to think that it is related to autoimmunity and has a certain phenomenon of family aggregation.

once you get sick, if you don't take treatment measures, you will end up in bed. In daily life, sudden noise, emotional stress or tactile stimulation usually induce progressive stiffness, rigidity and spasm of trunk and abdomen muscles, which can lead to esophageal obstruction, fracture and joint dislocation, respiratory failure and even sudden death.

The data show that about 5% of patients with Stiff Man Syndrome usually have a course of more than 4 years, up to 2 years at the longest, but some cases die within one month.

At present, the stiff person syndrome cannot be completely cured, and it can only be improved by intravenous immunoglobulin, plasma exchange and other diagnostic and therapeutic means.

Dion, who has reached the age of knowing his destiny, seems to have to deal with illness in the second half of his life. The video of the public illness is more like a "declaration" of her official war against the disease.

Dion posted a video to publicize his illness

Born king of the stage

On March 3, 1968, Dion was born in Quebec, Canada, a small town 5 kilometers away from Montreal.

She is the 14th child in this big family. The house was so crowded with children that mother Teresa had to put Dion, the youngest child, in the drawer to sleep.

The conditions at home are simple, but there is never a lack of love. All family members have the same passion and talent: music.

My parents run a piano bar. There, Dion sang with his brothers and sisters as a child and showed his extraordinary talent early. The seeds of dreams were planted at that time.

In an interview with People magazine in p>1994, she said, "I don't regret having an incomplete childhood, because I have a dream: I want to be a singer."

Dion's old photo

At the age of p>12, with the help of his mother and brother Jacques, Dion wrote his first French song "This is just a dream". My mother sent the tape of this song to Renee angeli, a local music manager, and the dream began to come true.

At that time, Renee was preparing to readjust her career. But when he heard Dion's tape, he changed his mind.

Renee invited her to the office, handed her a pencil and said, "This is your microphone. Now sing as if you were in front of an audience. "

Dion spoke bravely, Renee became her fan on the spot, and a wonderful and mutually successful fate between artists and managers began.

Dion touched music manager Renee with his own singing voice.

Renee later recalled, "This little girl in front of me gave me a very special feeling, and I almost trembled with excitement!"

In p>1981, Renee mortgaged her house to raise money, and created Dion's first solo album "Voice of God" in French. Soon, the title song of the same name in this album became the local champion song. Dion shot to fame and became a music star.

Then, she participated in the Yamaha World Music Festival competition held in Tokyo, Japan, and won the best song award and the best performance award.

In 1982, Dion took part in a competition in Tokyo, Japan

Throughout the 198s, as a French singer, Dion traveled to France, Switzerland, Ireland and other places to participate in singing competitions and won many prizes.

While rushing forward, Renee asked Dion to leave the stage for a while to make a real breakthrough. Since then, she refused to accept any performance invitation, stopped touring, practiced English hard and polished her singing skills

After 18 months of silence, she first entered the English market with her album "Harmony in Water" in 199. A song "Where's the Heart" once dominated the top ten American billboard hit songs, making Dion, a new star, seen by more people.

since then, she has worked with American R&; B Soul musician Pippo Bridson sang the theme song of the Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast, won the Grammy Music Award, sang at the Oscar ceremony, and the album sold tens of millions

Her sound quality was "thin and slightly nasal" and "integrated with power and elegance", and her performances were a blend of pop, rock, gospel, R& D. B and other styles make people intoxicated.

In 1992, Dion's album "celine dion" of the same name spread her reputation in North America to the whole world.

Dion's songs were also criticized as "promiscuous". Because most of the lyrics are "concern about poverty and hunger", "exploration in the mind and spirit" and "interpretation of love and romance", Rolling Stone magazine once accused her of too many sensational elements in her works, which made people feel a little frivolous.

Even so, this does not prevent her from becoming the "Queen of Pop" on a par with Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

Dion was well known to most China audiences in 1998. At that time, the theme song "My Heart is Forever" of the movie Titanic, which she sang, caused a sensation in the world, and became one of the best-selling singles in the world, and it was also the last song that she would sing in every concert.

In p>213, Dion also boarded the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang the song Jasmine with Song Zu Ying, which won a lot of praise.

Dion's great success in singing the song Jasmine with Song Zu Ying in the Spring Festival Evening

The Power of Love

is full of "the color of love".

In p>1993, Dion, who had just gained a foothold in the English world, publicly announced his love relationship with Renee through his third English album Color of Love.

Because of the age difference of 26 years, this relationship has been unknown for a long time, and both sides are afraid that the public will not accept it.

Dion and Renee got married in 1994

To their surprise, the public did not criticize them, but were full of blessings. Soon they got engaged and held a grand wedding in Montreal in December 1994.

The official announcement of love has made Color of Love one of her most successful albums, which sold about 2 million copies worldwide. Among them, the cover of jennifer rush's hit song "The Power of Love" in 1985 became her first No.1 single in the United States and one of her famous songs.

On January 25th, 21, her first child, Charles, was born. Nine years later, she gave birth to twins, Nelson and Eddie.

Soon, she returned to the stage and returned to the 4-seat Colosseum Theatre in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Dion's family

Something unexpected happened. At the end of 213, her husband Renee suffered from throat cancer. When people were speculating about when Dion would kick off this old and sick husband, she decided to leave the stage and concentrate on taking care of her husband.

In January p>216, 73-year-old Renee passed away.

The grief-stricken Dion arranged her husband's funeral in the church where they got married. She said: "Twenty-two years ago, we got together here and promised each other that we would be together for better or worse until death do us part."

Dion's fate struck one after another at her husband's funeral.

Two days after Renee died, Dion's brother Daniel also died. Since then, Dion has not appeared in public for a long time. When she appeared again, she was as thin as a bone.

After the ups and downs of life, Dion still insisted on his musical dream when he was 12 years old. Singing, touring, and releasing an album, nothing is left behind.

The name of "Courage World Tour Concert" is taken from her album Courage released in 219. On the cover of the album, there is a burning flame behind her, like the wings of Nirvana.

The cover of Dion's album Courage released in 219

Even though she is over half a year old and suffering from illness, she still gets up the courage and sits gracefully in front of the camera and tells all those who like her: "I am ready and hope to see you again soon!"

chief producer: Lv Hong

producer: Zhang Jiankui

editor: Xu Chenjing

editor: Su Rui.