Celine Dion is remembering her beloved late husband, René Angélil.
The legendary singer posted a rare family photo of her and her sons, René-Charles, 23, and twins Nelson and Eddy, 14. The mother of three sat between her children on what appeared to be is their home yard, which is still decorated with warm holiday decorations.
Dion comfortably posed, cross-legged on a chair, wearing a turtleneck sweater and white jogging pants. Her sons also wore all-white outfits.
“René, we can’t believe it’s been 9 years since you’ve been gone,” Dion, 56, began in the caption of her tribute post. “Not a day goes by that we don’t feel your presence, RC, Eddy, Nelson and I.”
“You are my greatest champion, my life partner and the one who always saw the best in me. I honor you and you are forever remembered my love… We love you. – Celine xx,” the star concluded.
Fans flocked to support the female singer when the post received more than 300k likes in just a few hours.
“Can’t believe how much the boys have grown. Rene would be proud,” one fan wrote. A second wrote: “Your love is so beautiful and pure that it makes me believe in true love and that it transcends death.” “He will always be in our hearts,” a third added lovingly. “He’s smiling at all of you,” said a fourth.
Dion and Angélil have been married for more than two decades, as the couple married in 1994 at Notre Dame de Montréal, a Roman Catholic church and national historic site located in Canada. The lovebirds remained married until Angelil’s death in 2016.
Dion spent most of her life close to her beloved late husband, as the two began working together when Dion was just 12 years old, which later attracted negative attention when they started working together. She first started dating when she was 19 years old.
The two faced many challenges together, including infertility and Angélil being diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer in 1999. Angélil – a Canadian record producer, talent manager and singer – would retire from managing Dion’s career years later in 2014. Two years later, Angélil passed away from nasopharyngeal cancer in January 2016. He was 73 years old.
After separating from her husband nearly a decade ago, Dion – now battling Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) – maintained that her husband was only physically gone, saying EVERYBODY that she brings pictures of him to every doctor’s appointment and that she “always sees signs from him”.
“I’m still married to René,” Dion told the outlet. “He’s still my husband.”
— Originally published on Enstarz
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