The 59-year-old brother of award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion died after a long battle with cancer yesterday, two days after the death of Dion's husband, her representatives said in a statement.

Daniel Dion, the eighth oldest of 13 siblings, "passed away peacefully" surrounded by family at the La Maison Adhémar-Dion care center in Québec, Canada, the statement posted on the singer's website said.

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