On December 17th they would celebrate 30 years of marriage and for this reason Céline Dion wanted to remember her husband, the producer René Angélil, who passed away from cancer on January 14, 2016, two days before what would have been his 74th birthday.
The “My Heart Will Go On” singer, 56, posted a touching post on Instagram:
In the photo are her and Angélil, on their wedding day in 1994. Between them a look that says it all.
“You still fill our hearts, every day. You are everything to us. We miss you so much. Happy 30th anniversary, mon amour,” Céline wrote in the caption, also signing it on behalf of the couple’s three children: René-Charles, 23 years old , and 14-year-old twins, Nelson and Eddy.
Céline and René first met in 1980, when Dion, then 12, sang for Angélil during an audition. From that point, Angélil became her manager and the two worked together for seven years before they started dating in 1987, when Céline was 19. Initially the artist had kept their relationship private because she was worried about public opinion.
“I was afraid of what people would think,” Céline told People magazine in 1994. Ultimately, she wanted to share her love for René, because “when you’re in love, you want to shout it to the world.”
The couple went public with their relationship after dating for a couple of years. “When I was at the age where I could tell people [che stavamo insieme] … It was like bang! Love! Love always wins,” Dion wrote in his memoirs.
Céline and René married on December 17, 1994 in Montréal’s Notre-Dame Basilica and the ceremony was broadcast live on television in Canada. In April 2024, Céline told Vogue that she would not change anything about that lavish event.
It was a moment that will stay with me for the rest of my life,” she said. “He was, and still is, a wonderful human being. It brought out the best in me. He really did it.”
Four years after the “Yes” Angélil was diagnosed with throat cancer. In 2000, the couple shared the news that Rene had been declared cured, so husband and wife decided to celebrate by renewing their vows in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the disease recurred in 2014, two years before his death.
“I’m still married to René. He’s still my husband,” the singer told People. “It always will be.”
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