Bonnie Tyler: The gravel-voiced singer who eclipsed people’s hearts

“My mother raised me to believe in myself,” he told the BBC last year.

“I was a very shy little girl growing up at school, I wouldn’t say ‘boobah’ to a goose and I was very, very shy.

“But I got through it because I love singing.”

Bonnie’s love for the industry was still evident in that interview, and she had recently released Yes I Can, a song about finding inner strength and believing in yourself.

Reports suggest that Bonnie and her husband Robert Sullivan own 22 homes around the world, but they mostly split their time between Portugal and their home in Mumbles, Swansea.

Despite coming from a large, musical family, Tyler and Sullivan never had children.

She previously told BBC Sounds: “I absolutely adore kids.

“You know most people get on planes and avoid kids like the plague, right? Not me. I’m like, ‘can I sit here?’

“I had a miscarriage when I was 40, I left it too late, you know? I wish I had started sooner but my career took over and it was always ‘next year, next year.’

“And it didn’t come until the next year when I was 39.”

After suffering a miscarriage, Tyler threw herself into work.

“We tried for a few more years, but… we’re fine, we’re happy.”

She conquered the world of music and loved Europe – but Bonnie Tyler will always be remembered as a Welsh star who didn’t rely on a hero but reached millions herself.