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‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ singer Bonnie Tyler dies aged 75

Tyler earned three Grammy nods, represented Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 – where she came in 19th – and was awarded an MBE for her services to…

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Tyler earned three Grammy nods, represented Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 – where she came in 19th – and was awarded an MBE for her services to music by Queen Elizabeth in 2023, all largely thanks to “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” which has had more than 1 billion streams, boosted by real eclipses in 2017 and 2024. Tyler died unexpectedly at a hospital in Portugal, where she had been receiving treatment for an illness, her family announced Thursday. Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in 1983 and seeing new generations succumb to its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died.

Furthermore, In 1975, she was noticed by talent hunter Roger Bell in a Swansea club. The artist was in an induced coma since May after emergency intestinal surgery. “Bonnie’s family and team are devastated to announce that she died unexpectedly last night in a hospital in Portugal due to the disease that was being treated,” says a note released by the family on the artist’s social networks. The music video, which featured gothic imagery and romance, as well as characters with surreal bright eyes, made "Total Eclipse of the Heart" feel like it was part of a movie's soundtrack.

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Tyler earned three Grammy nods, represented Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 – where she came in 19th – and was awarded an MBE for her services to music by Queen Elizabeth in 2023, all largely thanks to “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” which has had more than 1 billion streams, boosted by real eclipses in 2017 and 2024.
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Tyler died unexpectedly at a hospital in Portugal, where she had been receiving treatment for an illness, her family announced Thursday.
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Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in 1983 and seeing new generations succumb to its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died.
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In 1975, she was noticed by talent hunter Roger Bell in a Swansea club.
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The artist was in an induced coma since May after emergency intestinal surgery. “Bonnie’s family and team are devastated to announce that she died unexpectedly last night in a hospital in Portugal due to the disease that was being treated,” says a note released by the family on the artist’s social networks.
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The music video, which featured gothic imagery and romance, as well as characters with surreal bright eyes, made "Total Eclipse of the Heart" feel like it was part of a movie's soundtrack.
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But a statement on her website on Thursday announced that she “unexpectedly passed away last night in hospital in Portugal as a result of the illness that she was being treated for”.
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A murit Bonnie Tyler, interpreta piesei „Total Eclipse of the Heart”.
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After taking part in a local talent competition in 1969 and placing second, she was inspired to pursue music professionally.
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The girl starts singing in the church, leaving school at the age of 16.
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The couple had been married since 1973.
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In 1976 she had to have surgery to remove nodules on her throat, leaving her with that trademark vocal sound.
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The singer Bonnie Tyler is no longer. (London) British singer Bonnie Tyler, a 1980s star with a blonde mane and a rocky voice, performed the success Total Eclipse of the Heart, died at the age of 75, after an emergency operation in Portugal in May.
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Tyler was originally rushed to hospital on 30 April, and reports emerged that the singer had been placed in an induced coma .
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Bonnie Tyler passes away at 75 after concerning health update.
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British singer Bonnie Tyler, known mainly for her success Total Eclipse of the Heart, died at the age of 75, according to a statement on her website.
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Afterwards, she insisted that she was not disappointed with the result, declaring: “I did the best that I could do with a great song.
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In 1975, she was noticed by talent hunter Roger Bell in a Swansea club.
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Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of…
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The artist was in an induced coma since May after emergency intestinal surgery. “ Bonnie’s family and team are devastated..
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