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Evening Standard
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Gavin Cordon

Bonnie Tyler: Husky-voiced singer who soundtracked the 1980s

Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

In the spring of 1977 Bonnie Tyler was celebrating her first taste of chart success with the wistful, lilting ballad, Lost In France, when she began to develop a sore throat.

After consulting a doctor she was informed that she had developed nodules on her vocal cords as the result of so much singing and that the only option was for them to be surgically removed.

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