“I was afraid of dying. Downright. » Lise Dion feared the worst last fall, when she suffered a heart attack on stage.
The comedian revisited this incident in Lise Dion, 35 years of complicitya one-hour documentary presented Monday on TVA.
In the last five minutes of the retrospective show, the comedian recounted with emotion her evening of November 3, 2023 at the Zénith de Saint-Eustache, when she felt unwell as the curtain rose, under the spotlight. “I was trying to tell the world: ‘I don’t know how it starts anymore…’ But the world was laughing because they thought it was part of the show… But I was having a heart attack. »
Forced to cancel the performance, the 337e of a tour – her last in her career – which was to end a month later, Lise Dion was then hospitalized. The 68-year-old comedian found the event difficult because she felt like she was abandoning her admirers, she explained in front of Chloë Mercier’s lens.
Because even when you’re sick, even when you have the flu, even when you have scary bronchitis… I’ve always made people laugh.
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Today, Lise Dion says she “takes precautions” to stay healthy, “which includes stopping work for a bit.” “I don’t want to die right away,” she said, fighting back tears. I have other things to do. I still have laundry at the cleaners! I don’t want to die right away. »
Lise Dion does not plan to finish her tour. “Glad to be alive”, she indicated that she would “miss the laughter of people”.
The documentary Lise Dion, 35 years of complicity revisits the ex-Dunkin’ Donuts waitress’ notable numbers. Yvon Deschamps, Louise Richer, François Léveillée, Michel Courtemanche and Katherine Levac also participated in the show, produced by 6e Sens Télévision in collaboration with Quebecor Content, and offered as catch-up on TVA+.