Crowd sings Bonnie Tyler hit as her coffin returns to Swansea

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Hundreds of Bonnie Tyler's friends and fans sang Total Eclipse Of The Heart as her coffin was driven through the Mumbles, Swansea, on Saturday. The singer died in July aged 75. The coffin, draped in the Welsh flag, traveled down Newton Road as tearful crowds applauded. Fans traveled from as far as Austria and Germany, while locals remembered her "fabulous" Christmas parties and generous nature. A celebration of Tyler's life will be held at Swansea Minster on Monday before her final journey through Skewen. She achieved international fame in the 1980s with Total Eclipse Of The Heart.


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