Singer Bonnie Tyler, famous for 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart,' dies at 75
MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 28: Bonnie Tyler performs in concert at Gran Teatro CaixaBank Príncipe Pío on September 28, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Aldara Zarraoa/Redferns)
Global music superstar Bonnie Tyler, famous for her hits "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero," has died. She was 75.
In May, Tyler underwent emergency intestinal surgery in Faro, Portugal, where she resided.
Her family released a statement on her website saying she unexpectedly passed away as a result of the illness she was being treated for.
Bonnie Tyler: A look at her music career
Tyler was born Gaynor Hopkins in Wales on June 8, 1951. She got her start in music as a back-up singer for Bobby Wayne & the Dixies and then formed her own band, Imagination.
Her big break came in 1975 when she was singing with her band in Swansea, Wales and a talent scout invited her to London to record a demo track. Several months later, RCA records offered her a recording contract. She broke out in the music industry in 1976 with the release of her hit song, "Lost In France," later becoming a global superstar with hits like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero," featured in the 1984 movie "Footloose."
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According to Tyler, the song was written and produced by Jim Steinman, who also often collaborated with Meat Loaf and Celine Dion.
Forty-one years after the song's initial release in 1983, it went to No. 2 on the U.S. iTunes charts ahead of the total solar eclipse in April 2024 and also broke through into the YouTube’s top 100 music video chart for the first time, ranking number 84.
Tyler is married to former Olympic judo competitor and real estate developer Robert Sullivan and has been since July 1973. The couple had no children together and they split their time between their homes in Wales and Portugal.
"I met my husband when I started singing in nightclubs in Swansea because he was a club manager," she told The Times. "We got married in 1973. I think the secret to our success is that we met before I was famous. We don’t have children because we left it too late to stop taking precautions, and then I had a miscarriage when I was 40.
"I was unlucky, but I love all my nieces and nephews," she added. "Our house in Mumbles is like Paddington station because everyone wants to come and visit Auntie Gaynor."
The Source: Information in this article includes reporting from FOX News and The Associated Press, and Bonnie Tyler’s official website. This story was reported from Orlando.