Céline Dion pays tribute to her husband, René Angélil, on their 30th wedding anniversary. Angélil died of throat cancer on January 14, 2016, two days before his 74th birthday.
The celebrated singer, 56, posted a heartfelt message on Instagram that included a photo of her and Angélil at their wedding in 1994. In the sweet picture, Dion was photographed wearing a headpiece and veil as she gazed into Angélil’s eyes and cupped his cheeks. He held her hips and looked into her eyes.
“You continue to fill our hearts, every day. You are everything to us. We miss you so much. Happy 30th anniversary, mon amour,” Dion wrote alongside the post, signing herself and the couple’s three children: René-Charles, 23, and 14-year-old twins, Nelson and Eddy.
René Angélil and Celine Dion on June 28, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gabe Ginsberg/WireImage Celine Dion and René Angélil’s relationship: A look back
They met for the first time in 1980 when 12-year-old Dion sang for him at an audition. From that point on, he became her manager, and the two worked together for seven years before dating in 1987 when Dion was 19. At first, she kept their relationship a secret because she was afraid of public opinion.
“I was afraid of what people would think,” she told PEOPLE in 1994. Eventually, she wanted to share her love for Angélil with the world. “When you’re in love, you want to scream it to the world.”
They went public with their relationship after being engaged for several years. “When I was old enough to tell people [we were together] … It was like a bang! Love! Love always wins,” Dion wrote in her memoir.
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Céline Dion and René Angélil on February 25, 2007 in West Hollywood, California. Evan Agostini/Getty
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They got married on December 17, 1994 in the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, and it was broadcast live on television in Canada. In April 2024, she said Vogue that she wouldn’t change anything about the lavish event.
“This is a moment that will follow me for the rest of my life,” she said. “The dress couldn’t be big enough. I could have had a head three times the size. I could have had six different dresses that night because he [Angélil] was, and still is, such a wonderful human being. He brought it [out] the best in me. It really is.”
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Céline Dion and René Angélil at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California in 2000. Sam Levi/WireImage Celine Dion’s wedding tiara put her in the hospital after marrying René Angélil
Four years after they said “I do”, Angélil was diagnosed with throat cancer. In 2000, the couple shared the news that Angélil had been declared cancer-free. That same year, the couple celebrated their vow renewal in Vegas. Angélil’s cancer returned in 2014, two years before his death.
In December 2022, Dion publicly revealed her diagnosis of Stiff Person Syndrome.
She told PEOPLE in June that she travels for her treatments and “always brings pictures” of Angélil. “And we have pictures, of course, all over the house.”
“I’m still married to René. He’s still my husband,” she told PEOPLE. “He always will be.”
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