Bonnie Tyler, singer of 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', dies at 75
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star known for the 1983 hit 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', has died at 75. She passed away unexpectedly in a hospital in Portugal while being treated for an illness. Her family announced her death on her website, stating she had been hospitalized in May in Faro for emergency intestinal surgery and later placed in an induced coma. Tyler earned three Grammy nominations, represented the UK at Eurovision 2013 (placing 19th), and received an MBE from Queen Elizabeth in 2023. Her signature song has surpassed 1 billion streams and 1 billion video views, boosted by solar eclipses in 2017 and 2024. Stereogum described the track as an 'extinction-level event rendered in musical form'.
Key facts
- Bonnie Tyler died at 75
- She died unexpectedly in a hospital in Portugal
- She was being treated for an illness
- She was hospitalized in May in Faro for emergency intestinal surgery
- She was later placed in an induced coma
- Tyler earned three Grammy nominations
- She represented Britain at Eurovision 2013, placing 19th
- She received an MBE from Queen Elizabeth in 2023
- 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' has over 1 billion streams and 1 billion video views
- The song spent four weeks at No. 1
Entities
Artists
- Bonnie Tyler
- Gaynor Hopkins
- Jim Steinman
- Janis Joplin
- Tina Turner
- Elsie
- Roger Bell
- Rod Stewart
- Ronnie Scott
- Steve Wolf
- Prince William
- Elvis Presley
- Tom Jones
- Kylie Minogue
- Jason Donovan
- Englebert Humperdinck
- Meat Loaf
- David Guetta
- Hypaton
- Sherene Davis
- Mary Hopkin
- Kareen Antonn
- Johnny Hallyday
- Robert Sullivan
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Sir Cliff Richard
- Prince of Wales
Institutions
- Stereogum
- Order of the British Empire
- Eurovision Song Contest
- Le Monde
- Süddeutsche Zeitung
- RCA
- BBC
- Spotify
- YouTube
- Stock Aitken Waterman
- Grammy Awards
- Brit Awards
- RCA Records
- Eurovision
- MBE
- The Telegraph
- The Times
Locations
- Portugal
- Faro
- United Kingdom
- Wales
- Europe
- Debrecen
- Hungary
- Neath
- Skewen
- Swansea
- London
- New York
- Mumbles
- United States
- Cardiff
- Utilita Arena
- Worcester
- Sunshine Festival
- Germany
- Holland
- Caribbean
- Algarve
- St Mary's Church, Swansea
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newton Road