Larry King Live Weekend
International Superstar Celine Dion Discusses Musical Success
Aired April 4, 1998 - 9:00 p.m. ET
EXTRACTO DE LA ENTREVISTAKING: We're back with Celine Dion. Boy, time goes fast. Your involvement with cystic fibrosis is you lost a family member.
DION: We've lost one of our nieces in the family, who passed away three years ago, four years ago -- no, three years ago. And she passed away in my arms. And it was like -- the whole family was there.
KING: How old was she?
DION: She was 16. It was -- you know, it's a difficult moment, of course, especially Kelin (ph) the one who passed away and specially for my sister, the mother, but at the same time, it's -- when a person, you know, is looking for every breath that she takes and it's like they're suffering all the time...
KING: Better off?
DION: It's kind of -- you know, I was so proud that she kind of asked me -- chosen me in a way to escort her to death, to escort her to paradise, heaven, it gave me a lot of strength, a lot.
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