Céline Dion Pays Tribute to Late Husband René on thirtieth Wedding Anniversary

Céline Dion is honoring her husband, René Angélil, on what would have been their thirtieth wedding ceremony anniversary. Angélil died of throat most cancers on Jan. 14, 2016, two days earlier than what would have been his 74th birthday.

The celebrated singer, 56, posted a heartfelt message on Instagram that featured a photograph of her and Angélil at their wedding ceremony in 1994. In the candy picture, Dion was photographed in her bridal headpiece and veil as she stared into Angélil’s eyes and grabbed his cheeks. He held her hips and appeared into her eyes. 

“You still fill our hearts, every day. You are everything for us. We miss you so much. Happy 30th anniversary, mon amour,” Dion captioned the put up, signing it from herself and the couple’s three youngsters: René-Charles, 23, and 14-year-old twins, Nelson and Eddy.

They first met in 1980 when a 12-year-old Dion sang for him in an audition. From that time, he grew to become her supervisor, and the 2 labored collectively for seven years earlier than they began courting in 1987 when Dion was 19 years previous. Initially, she saved their relationship personal as a result of she was apprehensive about public opinion. 

“I used to be afraid of what folks would assume,” she instructed PEOPLE in 1994. Eventually, she wished to share her love for Angélil with the world. “When you are in love, you need to scream it to the world.”

They went public with their relationship after they had been already engaged for a few years. “When I used to be on the age to have the ability to say to folks [we were together] … It was like bang! Love! Love all the time wins,” Dion wrote in her memoir.

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They tied the knot on Dec. 17, 1994 at Montréal’s Notre-Dame Basilica, and it was broadcast stay on tv in Canada. In April 2024, she instructed Vogue that she would not change a factor concerning the lavish occasion.

“This is a moment that will be with me for the rest of my life,” she mentioned. “The dress couldn’t have been big enough. I could’ve had three times the size on my head. I could’ve had six different dresses that night because he [Angélil] was, and still is, such a wonderful human being. He brought [out] the best in me. He really did.”

Four years after they mentioned “I do,” Angélil was recognized with throat most cancers. In 2000, the couple shared the information that Angélil was declared cancer-free. That identical 12 months, the couple celebrated with a vow renewal in Vegas. Angélil’s most cancers returned in 2014, two years earlier than his dying.

In December 2022, Dion publicly revealed her stiff-person syndrome analysis.

In June, she instructed PEOPLE that she travels for her therapies and “always brings pictures” of Angélil. “And now we have photos, in fact, far and wide in the home.”

“I’m nonetheless married to René. He’s nonetheless my husband,” she instructed PEOPLE. “He will all the time be.”