"He will remain for me always as a real symbol of the joy that music has brought to my life," the vocalist wrote.

Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson at the 19th Annual American Music Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Jan. 27, 1992, in Los Angeles.

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Tale as old as time, true as it can be, Celine Dion will forever miss her friend Peabo Bryson, who died Tuesday (June 2) after suffering a stroke.

In a heartfelt tribute to the legendary singer, with whom she recorded “Beauty and the Beast” decades prior, Dion wrote on her Instagram Story that she was “heartbroken to hear that we lost Peabo Bryson today.”