After Bonnie Tyler's death, Keir Starmer says she was "one of Britain’s greatest recording artists"

After Bonnie Tyler died suddenly in Portugal on 8 July at age 75, admirers gathered in Mumbles, Swansea, to watch her flag-draped coffin return home. A framed photo traveled with the hearse; mourners tossed flowers, clapped, and sang Total Eclipse of the Heart. Tyler, whose real name was Gaynor Sullivan, divided her time between Portugal and Wales and earned worldwide fame with songs such as I Need a Hero. Keir Starmer, then prime minister, honored her at her death as a cherished national musical presence. On 17 August, Swansea Minster will host a public celebration of her life, with an outdoor screen, and a final route through Skewen will precede a family-only gathering.