Fans line Welsh streets to honor Bonnie Tyler at funeral

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Thousands of fans lined the streets of Mumbles, Wales, on Saturday to pay final respects to singer Bonnie Tyler, who died unexpectedly on July 8 at age 75 in a Portuguese hospital. Her coffin, draped in the Welsh flag with a framed photo beside it, was carried through the coastal town she called home. Crowds along Newton Road threw flowers and followed the funeral procession. As "Total Eclipse of the Heart" played, mourners sang and applauded through tears. Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins, was remembered in the town where her career began.


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