Celine Dion is remembering late husband René Angélil on what would have been their 30th wedding anniversary.
“You still fill our hearts, every day. You are everything for us. We miss you so much,” Dion, 56, captioned an Instagram post on Monday, December 17. “Happy 30th anniversary, mon amour!”
The Canadian singer shared a photo of her and Angélil on their wedding day, signing the message from herself and her three kids — René-Charles, 23, and twins Eddy and Nelson, 14.
Dion married Angélil in 1994, and they were still together at the time of his death in January 2016. Angélil died at age 73 “at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle” with throat cancer, a statement revealed.
While her quotes about Angélil are rare, Dion has spoken publicly about losing her life partner.
“Throughout my life, I only had eyes for my husband, who sat out here, night after night,” she told fans during a February 2016 performance. “People thought that I was looking at him, actually, but I didn’t have to, I didn’t need to, because every time I closed my eyes, I felt René on stage with me.”
Two years after his death, Dion said during an interview with Australian TV show The Project that her husband is “as alive as he was before.”
“Not physically with us, but I live with him,” she continued. “I see him every day through the eyes of my children.”
Dion’s three boys “have been her rock” in the years since Angélil’s death, a source told Us Weekly in December 2022 after Dion publicly revealed her diagnosis with stiff-person syndrome. The singer announced her health battle via Instagram, explaining that she had been battling a “very rare neurological disorder” for a few years. (Stiff-person syndrome “affects something like one in a million people” and causes spasms, Dion shared at the time.)
René-Charles, Eddy and Nelson have been by their mom’s side following her diagnosis.
“The twins are very mature for their age and René-Charles checks in and dotes on his mom all the time,” the same insider shared with Us. “It came as a shock, but she’s lost none of her fighting spirit and is comforted that at least she knows exactly what she’s dealing with now and there’s comfort that she can alleviate some of the symptoms by getting treatments that are specific for this condition.”
