{"id":542588,"date":"2026-07-10T11:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542588\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:07:13","slug":"bonnie-tylers-life-in-pictures-throughout-the-years-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542588\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie Tyler\u2019s life in pictures throughout the years \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Welsh singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/bonnie-tyler-there-s-nothing-i-won-t-talk-about-1.1901587\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/bonnie-tyler-there-s-nothing-i-won-t-talk-about-1.1901587\">Bonnie Tyler<\/a>, best known for her hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, has died aged 75.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The pop star, whose real name is Gaynor Hopkins, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2026\/07\/09\/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-singer-dies-aged-75\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2026\/07\/09\/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-singer-dies-aged-75\/\">died just months after she was treated in intensive care<\/a> after being placed in an induced coma following an emergency intestinal surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Tyler rocketed to international fame in the 1980s with the release of her hit single Total Eclipse of the Heart, which shot to the top of the charts in the UK and US.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Tyler records in 1970. Photo: kpa\/United Archives via Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FU4FS77TKNCQBBTOC5ONKXUHEY.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"873\"\/>Tyler records in 1970. Photo: kpa\/United Archives via Getty Images <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Tyler performs Holding Out For A Hero on video 1984. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/454V3HJBINBFZIWTSZYNKEUPXM.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"519\"\/>Tyler performs Holding Out For A Hero on video 1984. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Bonnie Tyler Disc Presentation With Radio DJ, Dave Lee Travis in 1984. Photo: Sony Music Archive via Getty Images\/Terry Lott\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JJEO4TOO5NDHZMYFHSZM4N3QUM.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1207\"\/>Bonnie Tyler Disc Presentation With Radio DJ, Dave Lee Travis in 1984. Photo: Sony Music Archive via Getty Images\/Terry Lott <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Tyler sings at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris in 1984. Photo: Philippe Waojazer\/AFP via Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4KAWQQ4IIBCSLOSM25GPHIBE6U.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"550\"\/>Tyler sings at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris in 1984. Photo: Philippe Waojazer\/AFP via Getty Images <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Tyler wearing a suit jacket and tie, circa 1985. Photo: Michael Ochs\/Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DX3T5HM23JEM7KLG2DZIJ6VP3Q.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"545\"\/>Tyler wearing a suit jacket and tie, circa 1985. Photo: Michael Ochs\/Getty Images <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Tyler on stage in Germany in 1990. Photo: Peter Bischoff\/Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/VH5S6WFLWFCUJEFAOSBUFADSFY.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"570\"\/>Tyler on stage in Germany in 1990. Photo: Peter Bischoff\/Getty Images <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Tyler photographed in Paris, 2005. Photo: Eric Robert\/Sygma\/Sygma via Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Z3TU7NLGLZF37KEFDAD3W3HVEI.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Tyler photographed in Paris, 2005. Photo: Eric Robert\/Sygma\/Sygma via Getty Images <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Tyler performs in Madrid, Spain, 2001. Photo: Ricardo Rubio\/Europa Press via Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NLZVYU2M65HTVG5ZO7ADRP45N4.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Tyler performs in Madrid, Spain, 2001. Photo: Ricardo Rubio\/Europa Press via Getty Images <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Bonnie Tyler performs in concert at Gran Teatro CaixaBank Pr&#xED;ncipe P&#xED;o on in Madrid, Spain, 2024. Photo: Aldara Zarraoa\/Redferns\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FSAANIDMENEFNA62SRSW5XF6GE.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Bonnie Tyler performs in concert at Gran Teatro CaixaBank Pr\u00edncipe P\u00edo on in Madrid, Spain, 2024. Photo: Aldara Zarraoa\/Redferns <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Tyler was due to tour Europe this year to mark 50 years since the release of her 1976 breakthrough hit, Lost in France. Photo: Dominic Lipinski\/PA\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6TJCWYHYUCH4JZGJM5CREBJ2ZU.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>Tyler was due to tour Europe this year to mark 50 years since the release of her 1976 breakthrough hit, Lost in France. Photo: Dominic Lipinski\/PA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, best known for her hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, has died aged 75.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,1577,4381],"class_list":["post-542588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-uk","tag-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}