Bonnie Tyler
Dead at 75 …
After Emergency Intestinal Surgery
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Bonnie Tyler — the legendary Welsh singer and 3-time Grammy nominee — has died … according to her manager.
Matt Davis tells TMZ her family and team “are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away” Wednesday night in a hospital in Portugal “as a result of the illness that she was being treated for.”
Tyler’s death comes after she needed emergency surgery and was hospitalized in Portugal. Doctors put her into a medically induced coma to help with her recovery.
BT rose to prominence in 1977 with her album “The World Starts Tonight” … before her single “It’s a Heartache” reached #4 on the UK charts.
Tyler released hit songs like “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero” over the next decade … landing her first Grammy nod for the former in 1984.
Tyler’s other well-known songs include … “If You Were A Woman,” “Straight From the Heart,” “More Than a Lover,” “Making Love,” and many more tracks.
She released her last studio album, “The Best Is Yet to Come,” in 2021 … and she had a flurry of tour dates scheduled for this year.
Tyler was 75.
RIP

