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Celine Dion Took Up to 90 Milligrams of Valium Amid Health Battle: ‘I Did Not Know Honestly That It Could Kill Me’

Celine Dion joined NBC's Hoda Kotb and opened up about her struggles with Stiff-Person Syndrome and how she is determined to return to the stage

The star spoke with Hoda Kotb for an NBC interview, opening up about her health struggles with Stiff Person Syndrome A rare neurological condition, the autoimmune disease causes stiffness in the body and debilitating spasms, which has kept Dion from performing over the past several years. During another segment of her NBC interview, Dion told Kotb that her decision to publicly share her SPS diagnosis arrived after months of feeling like she was lying to fans by initially keeping silent about her condition.

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