Total Eclipse of the Heart singer Bonnie Tyler dies aged 75

Total Eclipse of the Heart singer Bonnie Tyler dies aged 75Image source, Getty ImagesByPaul GlynnCulture reporterPublished1 minute agoSinger Bonnie Tyler, known for hits including Total Eclipse of the Heart, Holding on for a Hero and It's a Heartache, has died at the age of 75.A message on the hugely popular Welsh power ballad diva's website read: "Bonnie's family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away last night in hospital in Portugal as a result of the illness that she was being treated for."In May, the performer, from Skewen in south Wales, was placed into an induced coma after having emergency intestinal surgery in Portugal.Last month, her spokesperson said she was out of the coma but remained "very unwell and in intensive care".Image source, Getty ImagesTyler, born Gaynor Hopkins, grew up in a council house in Neath.She was discovered by talent scout Roger Bell in a club in Swansea, and released her first single Lost in France in 1977.It's a Heartache, her country-pop ballad released the same year, reached number four on the UK singles chart and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.Her biggest hit, the rockier Total Eclipse of the Heart, arrived six years later in 1983 - this time topping the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.The dramatic track, penned by Meat Loaf's lyricist Jim Steinman, was originally titled Vampires in Love, as it had been written for a musical version of Nosferatu."I never get tired of singing it," she recently told BBC News. "I love it because everyone can't wait to sing it."She received a Grammy nomination for the hit, and two further nominations for the album Faster Than the Speed of Night and the single Here She Comes.Steinman also wrote her other major 1980s pop-rock anthem, the lustful and bombastic Holding Out for a Hero, which was recorded for the Footloose film soundtrack.Tyler represented the UK at the Eurovision Song...