 After the last surgery, Miss Auger returned to stay in Leusden, the Netherlands where she fell into deep coma and finally died at the hospital on June 10, 1993 at the age of 53.A memorial service in her honour was held at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel where works by Bach, Mozart, Fauré and others were performed by several well-known musicians, including Renée Fleming and Karen Holvik.Married and divorced twice, she was survived by her parents and brother.