Céline Dion pays tribute to late husband on anniversary of his death

Tuesday, Jan. 14, marked the ninth anniversary of the death of René Angélil, Céline Dion‘s husband and manager, and she took to Instagram to pay tribute to him.

Posting a photo of herself and the couple’s sons — René-Charles and twins Eddy and Nelson — Céline wrote, “René, we can’t believe you’ve been gone nine years already. Not a day goes by that we don’t feel your presence, RC, Eddy, Nelson and I.”

“You were my greatest champion, my partner, and the one who always saw the best in me,” she continued. “I honor you and you are forever missed mon amour…. We love you.”

Angélil, who first met Céline when she was 12 and he was 38, died in 2016 of throat cancer at age 73. The couple married in December 1994 in Montreal.