December 17 is a very special date for Celine Dion. This year, maybe a little more. This Tuesday marked what would have been the 30th wedding anniversary of the singer with her great love, René Angélil, who died in January 2016 of throat cancer. On Instagram, she wanted to pay tribute to him by sharing a photo of their union in 1994. “You always fill our hearts, every day. You are everything to us. We miss you so much. Happy 30th birthday my love,” captioned the artist, signing the message on behalf of himself and his three children.
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The future diva was only 12 years old when she crossed paths with the Canadian during an audition. He quickly became her manager and worked with the famous singer for seven years. It was not until 1987 and her first international tour that the singer, then aged 19, discussed her links with the producer she had been seeing discreetly for a year. “I was afraid of what people would think,” she told People in 1994. But when you’re in love, you want to shout it to the whole world. » Engaged for several years already, the couple finally chose to get married, despite his mother’s reluctance regarding their significant age difference (26 years). “Love always wins,” assures the artist in his memoirs.
Céline Dion and René Angélil united at the Notre-Dame basilica in Montreal on December 17, 1994 during a grandiose ceremony, broadcast on Canadian television. The interpreter of My Heart Will Go On returned to her wedding during an interview with Vogue last April, assuring that she would change absolutely nothing about this special day: “It’s a moment that will remain engraved in my memory for the rest of my life,” she declared. René was, and still is, such a wonderful human being. It brought out the best in me. »
Diagnosed with throat cancer four years after their union, the Canadian producer managed to fight the disease and said he was cured in 2000. Fourteen years later, the couple announced a recurrence. The singer’s husband died two years later.
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