Bonnie Tyler has died. The singer of Total Eclipse of the Heart And It's a Heartache he was 75 years old. In May she was admitted to a hospital in Portugal, where she was placed in a medically induced coma. The latest news dates back to a few weeks ago, when she emerged from a coma, but remained in critical condition.
“Bonnie's family and team announce with deep sorrow that Bonnie died unexpectedly last night in a hospital in Portugal, due to the disease for which she was being treated,” reads a message published on the official website.
«In the next few hours we will issue a further statement. For the moment we ask that the privacy of the family and those close to her be respected, so that they can deal with this tragedy.”
Tyler was admitted to Faro on May 6 for emergency intestinal surgery. The first news about his condition and the success of the surgery had been reassuring. Two days later, however, the family released an update explaining that Tyler had been placed in a medically induced coma to aid her recovery. After a week the doctors said they were “confident that he can recover completely” despite the seriousness of the situation.
This year marked the 50th anniversary of Tyler's recording career, whose debut single My! My! Honeycomb came out in 1976. Gallese, born Gaynor Hopkins in Skewen, near Swansea in 1951, considered herself a proud daughter of the working class. After a not particularly promising start she was signed by RCA and began recording under the name Bonnie Tyler. If with My! My! Honeycomb wasn't very successful, it went better with the next two 45s Lost in France And More Than a Lover. The first album is The World Starts Tonight from 1977.
1977 was also the year of surgery on his vocal cords for a nodule that made his voice even more hoarse and characteristic, almost a female version of Rod Stewart's. He peaked in popularity in the '80s after signing with CBS/Columbia and finding his way with epic pop-rock, not surprisingly written and produced with Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf's right-hand man behind the explosion of Total Eclipse of the Heartone of the best-selling 45s of the time. It is contained in Faster Than the Speed of Nightwhich contained among other things a cover of Have You Ever Seen the Rain? by John Fogerty's Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Appreciated by the general public precisely because it is emphatic, excessive, theatrical, Tyler in that expert hits hits like Holding Out for a Hero still by Steinman, from the soundtrack of FootlooseAnd Here She Comes born from the collaboration with Giorgio Moroder. It is also rediscovered It's a Heartacheone of the pieces of Natural Forcethe album from 1978 which in the United States is not surprisingly released with the title of the single.
Tyler has continued to perform and record, including a bilingual version of Total Eclipse of the Heart with Kareen Antonn, number one in France. In 2013 he participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing the United Kingdom. His latest album is The Best Is Yet to Come of 2021. Last year it was released Together with David Guetta, revisitation of Total Eclipse of the Heart.
