Thousands of fans honor Bonnie Tyler in Welsh village procession

tf1info.fr (French)

Thousands of fans gathered Saturday in Mumbles, Wales, to honor singer Bonnie Tyler as her coffin passed through her home village. The 1980s icon died July 8 in Portugal at age 75. Her funeral is Monday at Swansea Cathedral. The coffin, draped in the Welsh flag, appeared to the sound of her hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Mourners threw flowers and applauded, with fans describing her as a true icon whose music touched many lives. Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins in nearby Skewen in 1951, was discovered in a local nightclub in 1975. She died after intestinal surgery in Faro, Portugal, following a recent single release and planned European tour.


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