Celine Dion et René Angélil have formed one of the most iconic couples of the 1990s and early 2000s. It was he, in the early 1980s, who launched the musical career of his future wife. A timid journey at the beginning, before Céline Dion’s participation in Eurovision in 1989 allowed her to achieve the immense success that we know of. But if his collaboration with René Angelil will have allowed the interpreter to Don’t leave without me to win dozens of awards and sell tens of millions of records all over the world, it was also, between them, a true love story: they were never left, from their meeting, until the disappearance of the impresario.
It is to this unforgettable love story that Céline Dion rendered a vibrant tributeTuesday December 17, 2024, on Instagram. The singer, whose performance on The Hymn to Love by Edith Piaf, at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, aroused emotion around the world, published on the social network a very moving post where she speaks directly to her late husband… And if Celine Dion chose the date of December 17, 2024, it is for a good reason… The artist is not ready to forget this date.
“We miss you so much”
Indeed, December 17, 2024 marked the 30th anniversary of the marriage of Céline Dion and René Angelil : it was December 17, 1994, at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. She was 26 years old, he was 52. From their love, three boys were born: René-Charles, now 23 years old, and Eddy and Nelson, twins, who celebrated their 14th birthday this year. In the message that the singer of So that you love me again left to her late husband on Instagram, she also included her children. “You always fill our hearts, every day. You are everything to us. We miss you so much. Happy 30th anniversary, my love!”she wrote, in English, before signing Céline, René-Charles, Eddy and Nelson. The post is accompanied by a magnificent black and white photo, where Celine Dion, dressed in an incredible wedding dress, tenderly holds the face of her husband, who died in 2016 from throat cancer.
A few months after the disappearance of her mentor and husband, Céline Dion released a song to pay tribute to him : one more eveningwritten by Jean-Jacques Goldman, tells how she would like the love of her life to still be there, with her, for an evening or for an hour. The title was a huge success in France.
