Death of Yves Rénier: his widow breaks the silence, “I discovered him in the bathroom…”

How to forget such an ordeal? The family of Yves Rénier will soon celebrate a sad anniversary… that of his death, he who died a year ago, in the night, terrible, from April 23 to 24, 2021. The actor, a true pillar of French heritage , succumbed to a heart attack and every member of his entourage has struggled since then to recover. To make sure no one forgets – and how could we? -, his widow, Karin, agreed to talk about the last hours of her life in the columns of the magazine Gala.

This vision will haunt her forever. It was Karin Rénier who found Yves’ body in the bathroom, when she was returning from dinner with a friend. “For a year, I have the impression of no longer being in my life. When it happened, I was paralyzedshe recalls. I didn’t understand or I didn’t want to understand. I had never been faced with death. I lost my father, my brother three years ago, but I had refused to see them.“

I often go to see him. I am talking to him…

Yves Rénier should have made a film on the right to die with dignity, with Mathilde Seigner in the main role, in September 2021. Unfortunately, fate prevented him from doing so and this night from April 23 to 24, Karin l passed by his side, as if to bid him farewell. 20 years separated them, in terms of age, but this difference had never prevented them from being so compatible. “I feel like he’s with me. I often go to see him. I am talking to himshe assures. We chose his cemetery with my children and my friends as we would choose a second home. We wanted the right place, the right exposure. Today, he rests at the foot of the Grande Arche. I’m so glad we found a place for him that looks to the future, because Yves was always looking ahead..”

Karin and Yves Rénier married in 1996 in Saint-Tropez…against all expectations, the young woman finding him, at the very beginning, too far removed from her family values. They finally loved each other for more than 25 years and had two boys together: Jules in 1997 and Oscar in 2000. The actor was already the father of two grown-up daughters. The actress Samantha Rénier, among others seen in the series tomorrow belongs to usfrom his relationship with Virginie, and Lola, singer, whom he had with Hélène Zidi…