Celine Dion thrills fans with emotional comeback after overcoming rare illness

<p>She hit the high F, held it, then blew out a breath and turned to look back at the band — a quick, disbelieving glance toward her musical director. Some 30,000 people read it before they had finished screaming: Celine Dion did it.</p> <p>It was All By Myself, the song the Quebec superstar’s voice has been measured against since 1996, saved for the encore of her first full concert in more than six years — her first since stiff person syndrome, a rare, progressive neurological disease, attacked her muscles, including those of the throat.</p> <p>Few doubted she could still sing. What nobody knew was whether she could get through a whole show, and then get up and do it again two nights later.</p> <p>Dion gave the crowd three words: “Je vais bien.” (“I’m doing fine.”)</p> <p>“When she hit that note, I grabbed my friend’s arm.