Nearly three million visitors flocked to Canada to see the five identical sisters—the first quintuplets to survive infancy. The siblings later said the publicity destroyed their childhoods ...
She and her four sisters — Marie, Annette, Yvonne and Émilie — quickly gained fame worldwide after their birth in Corbeil, Ontario, on May 28, 1934 Cécile was described in her obituary as “a symbol of ...
Within six hours of their birth, the Dionne quintuplets — Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie and Marie — were photographed for all the world to see. The dangerously underweight babies were removed from ...
A family spokesperson says Cécile Dionne died following a long illness. Dionne and her sisters became an instant global sensation from the moment they were born in Corbeil, Ont., on May 28, 1934 as ...