Bonnie Tyler wakes from coma after cardiac arrest but remains very unwell
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“Total Eclipse of the Heart” singer Bonnie Tyler woke up from a coma a month after suffering a heart attack but is still in “very bad” shape.
On June 15, Tyler’s team made an announcement about him. official website He said he was no longer in a medically induced coma and remained in the hospital in Portugal.
“Bonnie is no longer in a coma, but she is very ill and is in intensive care in a hospital in Portugal. Although her condition is improving, it is a slow process. Her doctors are confident that she will make a good recovery, but it will take time,” the statement said.
Bonnie Tyler came out of her coma but is still “very bad.” (Cesar Arxina/Europa Press via Getty Images)
His team announced that all upcoming shows would be canceled and they hoped the shows scheduled for the fall would go ahead.
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The statement stated that they were grateful for the well wishes sent to Tyler, but the family still asked for privacy at this time. “Bonnie’s family continues to ask for privacy and promises to post further updates as soon as there are significant developments to share,” the statement said.
“Bonnie is no longer in a coma, but she is in a very bad condition and is in intensive care in a hospital in Portugal.”
In May, Tyler’s website announced that he had been admitted to a hospital in Portugal for emergency surgery. It was later shared that he had fallen into a coma.
Born Gaynor Hopkins, Tyler broke out in the music industry in 1976 with the release of his hit song “Lost In France” and later became a global superstar with hits such as “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero”.
Fox News Digital confirmed that Tyler was in a medically induced coma to aid his recovery. (Aldara Zarraoa/Red Ferns)
She remained popular in Europe throughout the 1990s and later competed in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, representing the United Kingdom with the song “Believe In Me”. He has continued to perform throughout the 2020s and is appearing on the Jubilee Tour, which celebrates 50 years since his start in the music industry.
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“It keeps me going on tour. I consider myself a working-class girl and I’ve never stopped working,” she said Times In January 2025. “Moving my parents from the council house where I grew up to a cottage in Mumbles is what I’m most proud of, but it feels like an achievement to still be sought after by audiences my age. I’m quite energetic.”
Bonnie Tyler in 1983. (Jean-Jacques Bernier/Gamma-Rapho)
Although their most iconic songs were released in the 1980s, they remain relevant today, with “Total Eclipse of the Heart” becoming the unofficial anthem whenever a solar or lunar eclipse occurs.
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“I still get excited when I hear the song on the radio,” he told “Good Morning America” in April 2024. “Every time the eclipse comes, everyone around the world plays ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ and” I never get tired of singing BT.”
Bonnie Tyler and Robert Sullivan have been married since 1973. (Gisela Schober/Getty Images for KARE Design)
Tyler is married to Robert Sullivan, former Olympic judo competitor and real estate developer, and has been here since July 1973. The couple have no children and divide their time between their homes in Wales and Portugal.
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Fox News Digital’s Lori Bashian contributed to this report.
