Rens' suicide followed the break-up of her marriage to Marianne Dupon. Following the ceremony, Dupon collapsed and was taken to hospital by ambulance. She was detained overnight. Later her father revealed that she had been under enormous emotional pressure as a result of the reactions of some fans of the singer.

"I received three letters at my salon," said Werner Dupon, a hairdresser. "Hate mail. The first two were complete nonsense, ridiculous. The third was something else. I reported it to the police." He told how the couple had maintained contact even after the split, which he said "could have been therapeutic". But, he added, "Hilde succumbed to a dark night of the soul."

The ceremony itself took place in the auditorium of the crematorium in Wilrijk, which was too small to receive the crowds, about 1,200 of whom followed proceedings on a giant TV screen set up outside. Among the mourners were many friends from Yasmine's showbusiness career: TV personalities Anne De Baetzelier and Evy Gruyaert, actress Andrea Croonenberghs, and musicians Kris Wauters and Stan Van Samang.