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 keeping with an announcement attributed to her household and workforce. She was 75.
The Welsh singer died in a hospital in Portugal, the place she was being handled for an sickness, in keeping with the statement, which was posted on the singer’s official social media channel.
“We’ll challenge an additional assertion shortly however for now ask for privateness to take care of 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 huge hit in 1977 with the monitor “It is a Heartache,” which peaked at No. 3 within the U.S. and No. 4 within the U.Ok.
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 monitor, 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 in addition topped the charts within the U.Ok. and several other different international locations.
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 Velocity of Evening,” earned her a Grammy nomination for greatest 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 huge 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 Desires and Forbidden Fireplace.”
Whereas the track was solely a top-40 hit within the U.S., peaking at No. 34, it grew in recognition 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 reside 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 statement in Could saying that she was in “critically sick however secure” 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.
