Fans to line Mumbles streets as Bonnie Tyler's coffin returns to Wales

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Fans of Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler are expected to line the streets of Mumbles, Wales, on Saturday as her coffin is transported to her former home ahead of her funeral on Monday. Tyler died in a Portuguese hospital on 8 July at age 75. The hearse will depart from William Pressdee Funeralcare at approximately 3.15pm, travelling along Newton Road before continuing onto Mumbles Road. Newton Road will be closed from around 3pm, with buses permitted through while safe, and the road reopening after the cortege passes. A celebration of Tyler's life will be held at Swansea Minster on Monday at noon, with donations invited to Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales and Cerebral Palsy Cymru. She achieved international fame in the 1980s with Total Eclipse Of The Heart and represented the UK at Eurovision in 2013.


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