Bert Newton waited for his wife Patti to leave the hospital room before he took his last breath

Lauren Newton revealed a heartbreaking detail about her father Bert's death during her eulogy at his funeral in Melbourne on Friday. Pictured at the funeral with her family, including mother Patti 'They loved one another so much, and I know how he waited until she left the room to take his last breath, because while she was with him, he couldn't have gone.' Waiting: The TV icon's 40-year-old daughter said her dad waited for her mother Patti to leave the hospital before he took his final breath 'I left at ten past seven, and I was just pulling around to come into my drive and I get the call to say he'd taken his last breath at 7.22pm,' she told reporters. 'They loved one another so much, and I know how he waited until she left the room to take his last breath, because while she was with him, he couldn't have gone,' said Lauren. Heartbreaking: Patti Newton, daughter Lauren Newton and her husband Matt Welsh, along with pallbearers carry the casket of Bert Newton following his state funeral at St Patrick's Cathedral The infection was 'linked to his diabetes' and was life-threatening, with doctors telling him the surgery was a 'life or death decision'.