Key Highlights
- "Much beloved, Annette had championed children's rights," the museum said in a statement announcing her death.
- Getty ImagesThe Dionne quintuplets on their fourth birthday in 1938The museum, which seeks to preserve their legacy and educate the public on the quintuplets' controversial upbringing, added: "She believed it was important to maintain the Dionne Quints Museum and the history it provides for the future of all children."The quintuplets - Annette, Yvonne, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie - were taken away from their parents by the Ontario government when they were infants. For several years, the authorities displayed the children in a compound dubbed "Quintland", which became a popular tourist attraction. The children were constantly examined and observed, and had limited contact with their parents and siblings. Their parents later regained custody of the quintuplets.
- Getty ImagesThe quintuplets on their second birthdayAs adults Annette, Cécile, and Yvonne sued the Ontario government for compensation over the circumstances of their childhood, and they received a settlement totalling nearly C$3m in 1998.
- Annette was the last surviving sibling out of the 14 Dionne children, the Dionne Quints Home Museum said. Prior to Annette and Cécile's deaths this year, Émilie died in 1954, Marie died in 1970 and Yvonne died in 2001.
- Getty ImagesThe Dionne sisters at their first formal American press conference in 1952OntarioCanada.
