The family of Bonnie Tyler have announced that the singer died last night (Wednesday, July 8) at the age of 75 at a hospital in Portugal as a result of an illness that she was being treated for.
Born Gaynor Sullivan in 1951 in the Welsh village of Skewen, she was the daughter of a coal miner and performed publicly for the first time at a talent competition organised by her aunt.
She started her career as a backing vocalist before forming her own band, Imagination, but found success with her 1977 debut album The World Starts which spawned the hit singles Lost in France, More Than a Lover and It's a Heartache. The latter reached the top five in both the UK and US charts.
But it was fifth album Faster That the Speed of Night, in 1983, which would see the song she became eternally known for - Total Eclipse of the Heart.
Her move into rock music was prompted by teaming up with Meatloaf producer and songwriter Jim Steinman, and both the album and the single were huge successes - Total Eclipse of the Heart remains one of the best selling songs of all time, shifting over six million copies.
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Further hit singles followed, including Holding Out for a Hero, Here She Comes and If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man).
In total Tyler released 18 studio albums, most recently 2021’s The Best is Yet to Come and toured tirelessly - she was planning a tour later this year before her illness.
Along the way she earned three Grammy Award nominations, three Brit Award nominations and an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to music.
Here are 16 interesting quotes from one of the most successful Welsh singers of all time.
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13. Bonnie Tyler on...life
"We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life." | Getty Images
14. Bonnie Tyler on...doing what you love
"I am very fortunate to be doing something I completely love, so it is certainly not hard to get motivated. Watching people sing along and put their hands in the air is a very powerful thing. I'm 63, but I don't feel it. I feel like I'm in my 40s. I enjoy life." | Getty Images
15. Bonnie Tyler on...Jim Steinman
"I know I express myself best singing love songs, and Jim Steinman gave me my rock style, which I have always wanted. I can express myself best putting a lot of emotion into singing rock songs." | Getty Images
16. Bonnie Tyler on...what advice she would give to young singers
"I advise wannabe singers to form a band, practise in your garage if you have to, but do as many charity or open mic shows as possible to get experience. I sang for seven years before getting a record deal, and I was already loving what I was doing. I just got lucky and got discovered." | Getty Images