Celine Dion People Magazine Cover After losing her husband René Angélil to a decades-long battle with cancer, Céline Dion knows the show must go on even if her heart never will. "You know what, I'm 48 years old and I lost the love of my life. I miss him a lot from when he was great but not when he was suffering," she candidly said to People . "I cannot be selfish. You have to let people go.