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Grammy-nominated singer Bonnie Tyler died Wednesday night at a hospital in Portugal, according to a statement on her social media accounts. She was 75.
Tyler was hospitalized in early May in Faro, Portugal, where she lives, for emergency intestinal surgery. She was later placed in an induced coma for several weeks.
The husky-voiced singer is best known for 1983’s Total Eclipse of the Heart, a No. 1 hit in Canada, the U.K., and the Billboard Hot 100. The song, and the album it came from, Faster Than the Speed of Night, were nominated for Grammys in 1984.
The coal miner’s daughter from Wales first had a No. 1 hit in Canada in 1978 with It’s A Heartache, which was a top 5 Billboard hit.
