The 73-year-old music producer died in January after battling throat cancer, and the star's famous wife has now revealed he was found on the floor by his "distraught" nurse.
She
said: "René wanted to die in my arms but, alas, I was singing that
night. He died on the night of 13-14 January. He must have wanted to get
up and he fell on the floor.
"Normally, after my show when he had taken his last medications, I gave him a kiss, tucked him in and sent him off to sleep.
"That
evening I didn't want to wake him. It was the nurse who found him the
next day. Distraught, she came to find me. I went into the room."
Celine
- who has five-year-old twins Nelson and Eddy, and 15-year-old son
René-Charles with her late husband - admits she was "haunted" by the
possibility that René may have broken something when he fell and even
had to "comfort" her doctor when she rang to tell him that he had passed
away.
She added to Paris Match magazine: "I called the doctor, who I had to
comfort, saying, 'René won't suffer any more, it's better this way.'
"Later, the doctor found that René hadn't suffered any fracture or wound or bleed - that had haunted me."
Meanwhile, singer Celine , 48, previously admitted she feels at "peace" after her
husband's passing.
She shared: "I really, really want to prove to my kids their mother
is strong. René always insisted the show must go on. 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. I cannot be
selfish. You have to let people go. I feel at peace.
"He left me
with all of his strength. Every day we live with him, just not
physically. I'm thankful that he does not suffer anymore."