Celine Dion greets mourners at husband’s wake

She was seen dabbing her eyes at points with a tissue as the wake proved somewhat overwhelming.

At one point, when she was left alone with the casket, Dion was seen tenderly placing her hands on her spouse’s body as she bid him goodbye. (Celine Dion’s brother Daniel Dion dies of cancer at age 59)

Mourners at the wake were greeted by a huge portrait of Angelil on a large screen outside the cathedral.

He will be laid to rest in a state funeral that will be held at the venue and the service will also be streamed live worldwide. (Celine Dion will not sing at husband Rene Angelil’s funeral)

FILE – In this May 22, 2008 file photo, Canadian singer, Celine Dion, right, arrives with her son Rene-Charles, center, and her husband Rene Angelil, left, at the Elysee Palace to be awarded of the Legion d’Honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Paris. Angelil, Dion’s husband and manager, has died at his suburban Las Vegas home, authorities said Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. He was 73 and had battled throat cancer. (Source: AP)

After Angelil’s death, following a lengthy battle with throat cancer, Dion took to her Facebook page to post a touching tribute to her husband and manager. “He will be remembered as a gentle man, generous and kind, an unprecedented visionary, a modern Pygmalion, a Renaissance man. “All who had the privilege of knowing him and of working closely  with him, whether personally or professionally, salute a leader and a man of great intelligence and wisdom,” she wrote.