Céline Dion Pays Tribute to Late Husband René on thirtieth Wedding ceremony 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. Within 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 continue to fill our hearts, each day. You might be every part for us. We miss you a lot. Completely satisfied thirtieth 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and the 2 labored collectively for seven years earlier than they began courting in 1987 when Dion was 19 years outdated. Initially, she stored their relationship non-public as a result of she was apprehensive about public opinion. 

“I used to be afraid of what folks would suppose,” she informed PEOPLE in 1994. Finally, she needed to share her love for Angélil with the world. “Once you’re in love, you wish to scream it to the world.”

They went public with their relationship after they had been already engaged for a few years. “Once I was 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 dwell on tv in Canada. In April 2024, she informed Vogue that she would not change a factor in regards to the lavish occasion.

“This can be a second that will probably be with me for the remainder of my life,” she mentioned. “The gown couldn’t have been sufficiently big. I might’ve had 3 times the scale on my head. I might’ve had six totally different clothes that night time as a result of he [Angélil] was, and nonetheless is, such a beautiful human being. He introduced [out] one of the best in me. He actually did.”

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

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

In June, she informed PEOPLE that she travels for her remedies and “all the time brings photos” of Angélil. “And we’ve got photos, in fact, far and wide in the home.”

“I am nonetheless married to René. He is nonetheless my husband,” she informed PEOPLE. “He’ll all the time be.”