Céline Dion Remembers Late Husband René Angélil on 10th Anniversary of His Death

Céline Dion is looking back on her time with late husband René Angélil.

On Wednesday, Jan. 14, the “Because You Loved Me” singer, 57, shared an emotional tribute to Angélil, whom she married in 1994, on Instagram for the 10th anniversary of his death.

Dion posted a photo featuring a sunlit portrait of Angélil, who died of throat cancer in 2016, placed on a piano in a carpeted room.

“Mon amour, ten years without you feels like just a day, and yet each day feels like a decade,” she wrote in a joint statement with sons René-Charles, 24 and twins Nelson and Eddy, 15, for the caption.

“Ten years without your caress, and yet every day I feel your touch,” continued the note. “We miss you more than we can bear, but you taught us to be strong.”

“We love you more, every day and every year,” concluded the statement.

Dion and Angélil first met when she auditioned for the musician and talent manager at age 12. The pair went on their first official date when she was 19 and waited to go public with the relationship until after getting engaged in 1993.

They tied the knot on Dec. 17, 1994 in an extravagant ceremony at Montréal’s Notre-Dame Basilica.

René-Charles was born in January 2001. The parents then welcomed Nelson and Eddy in May 2010.

Angélil died of throat cancer on Jan. 14, 2016, two days before what would’ve been his 74th birthday. “René Angélil, 73, passed away this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle against cancer,” a his rep said in a statement at the time. “The family requests that their privacy be respected at the moment.”

In January 2025, Dion paid tribute to Angélil for what would’ve been his 83rd birthday. “Today is your birthday, but the date doesn’t matter because there isn’t a day that we aren’t celebrating life with you,” she wrote alongside a black-and-white photograph of her late husband at the time.

She added, “You are a part of us every day in the memories we cherish.”

“While going through all the years of pictures and videos that consistently keep you alive, we hear your voice, we see your gestures and we adore your spirit,” concluded Dion’s post. “We celebrate you always. Happy Birthday René, Notre Amour.”