Welsh music icon Bonnie Tyler, the husky-voiced powerhouse who defined the 1980s with the global anthem Total Eclipse of the Heart, has died at 75. Her family and management team confirmed the tragic news today, stating that the singer passed away unexpectedly in a Portuguese hospital following a prolonged battle with health complications stemming from emergency intestinal surgery.
The death of the gravelly-voiced legend marks the end of an era for British rock and pop. For months, the industry and her millions of fans worldwide had held out hope for a recovery after the star was hospitalised in Faro, Portugal, where she had lived for four decades, in May. While representatives had shared optimistic updates in June regarding her emergence from a medically induced coma, her condition remained critical, and the complications from her initial surgery ultimately proved insurmountable.
