Bonnie Tyler, Singer Of Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Has Died Age 75

Singer Bonnie Tyler has died aged 75.

On Thursday morning, a statement was published on her official website, which read: “Bonnie’s family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away last night in hospital in Portugal as a result of the illness that she was being treated for.

“We will issue a further statement shortly but for now ask for privacy to deal with this tragedy.”

The Total Eclipse Of The Heart singer was rushed to hospital near her home in Faro in May, to undergo emergency intestinal surgery.

On 6 May, the Holding Out For A Hero singer’s team released a statement on Instagram informing fans that Bonnie had “been admitted to hospital in Faro, Portugal, where she has a home, for emergency intestinal surgery”.

The Welsh-born performer, who turned 75 earlier this year, had been due to tour Europe in 2026 to mark 50 years since the release of her 1976 breakthrough hit Lost In France, which charted across Europe.

A week later, it was confirmed she’d been placed in an induced coma “to aid her recovery”, with her digital team sharing a new statement on her official website last week, following speculation about her condition on social media.

Last month, her spokesperson said she was out of the coma but remained “very unwell and in intensive care”.

The spokesperson thanked fans for their “huge outpouring of love and support” from around the world, adding that Bonnie was aware of it and grateful for the good wishes.

Bonnie – whose legal name is Gaynor Hopkins – first shot to fame in the late 1970s thanks to singles like Lost In France and It’s A Heartache.

In the years that followed, she became known for hits including Holding Out For A Hero, the number one single Total Eclipse Of The Heart and a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Have You Ever Seen The Rain?.

Her massive hit Total Eclipse Of The Heart, written by Meatloaf lyricist Jim Steinman, saw Bonnie become the first ever Welsh person to bag a number one spot in the US.

The song was inspired by, and written for a Nosferatu musical originally, with the singer telling The Guardian back in 2023 that she “understood immediately what an incredible song it was”.

She later added: “He told me he had started writing the song for a prospective musical version of Nosferatu years before, but never finished it.

“Around the time we were recording, Meat Loaf had lost his voice, and after it was a hit he always used to say: ‘Dang. That song should have been mine!’ I poured my heart out singing it.”

Over the course of her music career, Bonnie released 18 studio albums, most recently in 2021, and was nominated for three Grammy Awards and three Brit Awards.

She also represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013 with her song Believe In Me, and was awarded an MBE by the late Queen Elizabeth II for her services to music in 2022.

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