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Bonnie Tyler Dies in Portugal Hospital at Age 75
The Welsh singer known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and It's a Heartache died Wednesday while receiving treatment. Her family confirmed the death in a statement on her website.
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Bonnie Tyler died in a hospital in Portugal on Wednesday while receiving treatment for an illness. She was 75. Her family and team posted a statement on her official website announcing the death. "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," the statement said.
Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins in Skewen near Neath, first reached the charts in 1977 with Lost in France. She gained wider international success with It's a Heartache and scored her biggest hit in 1983 when Total Eclipse of the Heart reached number one in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
She represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013 and was appointed an MBE in 2023 for services to music.
Tyler married Robert Sullivan in 1973 and is survived by him. Sir Rod Stewart posted a tribute on Instagram after the news broke. "We shared similar styles of vocalising," he wrote. "She was a good pal, a true soul stirrer.
I sing It's A Heartache every night on tour. " Stewart had recorded his own version of It's a Heartache for his 2006 album Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time and performed the song regularly on tour.
In 2019 the two singers recorded the duet Battle of the Sexes for Tyler's album Between the Earth and the Stars. GB News reported that fans responded to Stewart's post with messages recalling Tyler's music and the friendship between the two performers.
