Celine Dion has posted a rare photo with her three sons as she reflects on the ninth anniversary of the death of her husband René Angélil. The singer, 56, shared the Instagram snap on Wednesday, which saw the star cosying up to her sons René-Charles, 23, and twins Nelson and Eddy, 14.
![[Celine— who's career was derailed by her diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome — lost her husband in 2016 to throat cancer; seen in 2012 in Dusseldorf, Germany]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/10/93264107-14287221-Ren_died_in_2016_of_throat_cancer_just_two_days_before_his_74th_-a-19_1736937747114.jpg)
The snap, taken at Christmas, shows a smiling Celine matching her boys in cream ensembles as they relax at the family home in Las Vegas. 'René, we can’t believe you’ve been gone nine years already,' she wrote in the caption. 'Not a day goes by that we don’t feel your presence, RC, Eddy, Nelson and I.'.
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'You were my greatest champion, my partner, and the one who always saw the best in me. I honor you and you are forever missed mon amour…. We love you.'. Celine— who's career was derailed by her diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome — lost her husband in 2016 to throat cancer.
![['René, we can’t believe you’ve been gone nine years already,' she wrote in the caption. 'Not a day goes by that we don’t feel your presence, RC, Eddy, Nelson and I' (the couple pictured on their wedding day in 1996)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/10/93263551-14287221-C_line_Dion_paid_tribute_to_her_late_husband_Ren_Ang_lil_in_a_mo-a-20_1736937867683.jpg)
Celine Dion has posted a rare photo with her three sons, René-Charles, 23, and twins Nelson and Eddy, 14, as she reflects on the ninth anniversary of the death of her husband René Angélil. Celine— who's career was derailed by her diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome — lost her husband in 2016 to throat cancer; seen in 2012 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Céline's first performed for René in 1980 when she was just 12 years old. The audition was a success, and he agreed to become the budding singer's manager. Their relationship became romantic by 1987, when Dion was 19, and the two tied the knot seven years later.