Bonnie Tyler, the singer recognized for hits together with “Whole Eclipse of the Coronary heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero,” died on Wednesday, in response to a press release attributed to her household and crew. She was 75.
The Welsh singer died in a hospital in Portugal, the place she was being handled for an sickness, in response to the assertion, which was posted on the singer’s official social media channel.
“We’ll difficulty an extra assertion shortly however for now ask for privateness to cope with this tragedy,” the assertion mentioned.
Born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1951, in Wales, Tyler’s distinctive husky voice helped her climb the charts. She landed her first large hit in 1977 with the observe “It is a Heartache,” which peaked at No. 3 within the U.S. and No. 4 within the U.Okay.
Bonnie Tyler at Rewind South 80s Music Pageant at Temple Island Meadows, Aug. 17, 2014, in Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom.
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But it surely was the 1983 hit “Whole Eclipse of the Coronary heart” that launched Tyler to superstardom. The observe, written and produced by Jim Steinman, recognized for his hits with Meat Loaf, spent 4 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100 and likewise topped the charts within the U.Okay. and several other different nations.
The track’s video has been watched over one billion occasions on YouTube, whereas the tune has been streamed over one billion occasions on Spotify.
“Whole Eclipse of the Coronary heart,” which appeared on Tyler’s fifth studio album, “Sooner than the Pace of Evening,” earned her a Grammy nomination for finest feminine pop vocal efficiency. It went on to promote over six million copies and has been licensed gold by the Recording Trade Affiliation of America.
Singer Bonnie Tyler is seen in an undated photograph.
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Tyler’s different large U.S. hit was “Holding Out for a Hero,” additionally written by Steinman, which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1984 movie “Footloose”; it later appeared on Tyler’s sixth studio album, “Secret Goals and Forbidden Fireplace.”
Whereas the track was solely a top-40 hit within the U.S., peaking at No. 34, it grew in reputation through the years because of its use in a wide range of commercials and film trailers, together with the trailer for “Guardians of the Galaxy” and the 2026 movie “Masters of the Universe.”
Whereas her greatest successes got here within the ’80s, Tyler continued to make music, releasing 18 albums over the course of her profession. Her final album was 2021’s “The Greatest Is But to Come.”
Bonnie Tyler throughout a stay live performance efficiency on the Montreux Rock Pageant, in Montreux, Switzerland, 1984.
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Amongst Tyler’s accolades, she was nominated for 3 Grammy awards and three Brit Awards. In 2022 she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
In her private life, Tyler married Robert Sullivan in July 1973.
Tyler’s household shared a press release in Might saying that she was in “critically in poor health however steady” situation after being positioned in a medically induced coma as she recovered from emergency intestinal surgical procedure.
A month later, her household shared one other assertion, saying Tyler was nonetheless recovering and that she “stays very unwell and in intensive care” in a hospital in Portugal.
