Debbie McGee has said her late husband, TV legend Paul Daniels, was "happy, joking and laughing" until two days before he died.
The magician passed away after a short battle with cancer last month, having been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in February.
In an interview with ITV's Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, McGee explained that because of the nature of the tumour, her husband did not realise he was dying, which had made things easier.
"The tumour was pressing on the part of the brain that processed information so he could still interact and make jokes for us but when you explained things to him, you weren't quite sure how much he took in," she said.
McGee and Daniels were married for almost 30 years and she was also his onstage assistant. She said the secret to their happy marriage was humour.
The couple had been married for nearly 30 years
"We played jokes on each other all the time, we laughed from the moment we got up in the morning," she recalled.
They spent their final days at home eating ice-cream, watching quiz show The Chase and enjoying time in the garden.
"I was so comforted by the fact we always told each other how much we loved each other," she said.
"We'd enjoyed every single day of our lives, even through the bad times we were a team and most people don't have that."
