Mourners lined the streets of Mumbles in Swansea on Monday for the funeral of Bonnie Tyler, who died last month at the age of 75. The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer passed away in Portugal weeks after suffering an intestinal emergency.
Service details and tributes
Roger Bell, the talent scout who discovered Tyler when she performed in a Swansea club, will share a tribute at the service, as will her long-time manager, Matthew Davis. The order of service lists Bridge Over Troubled Water, Only Men Aloud, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Those Were the Days and Making Love Out of Nothing as songs to be played.
Her family asked that, in lieu of flowers, people support two charities of which she was a patron: Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales and Cerebral Palsy Cymru.
Saturday's procession
Hundreds of fans gathered at the weekend to watch the procession as her coffin, draped in the Welsh flag and accompanied by a photograph, was transported back to her former home on Newton Road. Fans burst into applause as they performed her signature track.
Death and reaction
Tyler, whose real name was Gaynor Hopkins, died in Portugal weeks after being placed in an induced coma following emergency intestinal surgery. A message on her website said: "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."
Her spokesperson had said she was out of the coma but remained "very unwell and in intensive care." Among those paying tribute at the time were Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams.
