Welsh pop singer Bonnie Tyler has died.

Born Gaynor Hopkins, she first rose to prominence in the late 1970s with hits like "Lost in France" and "More Than a Lover," before "It's a Heartache" managed to reach number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. She ventured into rock with hit collaborations like "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" co-written with Desmond Child, and "Holding Out for a Hero" with Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell co-conspirator.

But Tyler was best known for the worldwide smash and karaoke staple "Total Eclipse of the Heart," another Steinman tune written for her that topped the Hot 100 for four weeks and sold more than 13 million copies worldwide. Its 1983 parent album Faster Than the Speed of Night topped the UK charts as a result. Tyler earned three Grammy nominations in her career and in 2022, she was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to music.

Tyler was set to tour this summer until she was hospitalized in May (in Faro, Portugal where she resided) for emergency intestinal surgery and was placed into a medically-induced coma. She woke up from her month-long coma in June, but according to her Facebook page, remained “very unwell and in intensive care."

Tyler's family has issued the below statement:

"Bonnie’s family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away last night in hospital in Portugal as a result of the illness that she was being treated for,” reads a statement shared on Tyler’s official website and Facebook page on Thursday. “We will issue a further statement shortly but for now ask for privacy to deal with this tragedy."