Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Pop Icon Behind “Total Eclipse Of The Heart,” Dies At 75

Bonnie Tyler, the raspy-voiced Welsh singer behind some of the most powerful pop anthems of the 1980s, has died at 75. Her family confirmed she passed away unexpectedly in a Portuguese hospital, where she had been receiving treatment following emergency intestinal surgery in early May. Tyler first found success with 1976’s “Lost in France” before breaking into the U.S. with 1977’s “It’s a Heartache.” Her signature hit, 1983’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” written by Jim Steinman, reached Number One on the Billboard Hot 100. “I poured my heart out singing it,” she said in a 2023 Guardian interview. Her 18th studio album, The Best Is Yet to Come, was released in 2021. Story URL