# Bonnie Tyler has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 9, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532 "2026-07-09T10:27:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/1 "2026-07-09T10:27:32Z")
Loved her raspy vocal style. She a had a couple of good hits. Was pleased to see she continued to be big in England after her success here in the states. I always related to the line I’m living in a powder keg and giving off sparks. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/2 "2026-07-09T11:02:24Z")
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie\_Tyler#Health\_and\_death](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Tyler#Health_and_death) > On 6 May 2026, Tyler underwent emergency surgery in Faro, Portugal, where she lived, to treat a perforated intestine, and was placed in an induced coma in the intensive care unit. When doctors attempted to bring her out of the coma, she suffered a cardiac arrest and was resuscitated.On 12 May, her spokesman said she remained seriously ill but stable, and that her doctors were optimistic about her making a full recovery.n 15 June, Tyler woke up from her medically induced coma, although she remained “very unwell”. She died on 8 July, aged 75, from the illness for which she had been receiving treatment. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/3 "2026-07-09T11:48:20Z")
Surprised and sorry to hear that. Although she was best known for _Total Eclipse of the Heart_, I also think of her collaboration with Rick Wakeman on _Return to the Center of the Earth_, on which she sang _Is Anybody There?_ in her trademark voice. > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx85DuJmPCQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx85DuJmPCQ) Also _Here She Comes_ from the Giorgiou Moroder version of _Metropolis_ > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FrLpSa0Er0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FrLpSa0Er0) I’m a total nerd. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/4 "2026-07-09T12:32:54Z")
Shame. Growing up, my parents only owned a handful of LPs but one of them was “Faster Than The Speed of Night” and I listened to it all the time. One of those albums that instantly takes me back to grade school days and being in the basement. Probably also my first crush based on her striking image on the album jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/5 "2026-07-09T12:41:40Z")
RIP to the inspiration of one of the greatest song parodies. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XMmXCyrV_WQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Literal Version Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmXCyrV_WQ) ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/6 "2026-07-09T12:43:28Z")
_ **The term “power ballad” doesn’t adequately describe “Total Eclipse Of The Heart,” if only because the word “power” just doesn’t have enough power. “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” is an extinction-level event rendered in musical form.** _ -Tom Breihan I immediately thought of the above, but BBC and just about everyone else has ninjaed me. It’s doubly sad that we lost Jim Steinman as well not that long ago (2021). Though I never had a chance to meet Bonnie, people who went on her “Eclipse” cruise with her have stated that she seemed a genuinely warm and friendly person. It’s a sad day. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/7 "2026-07-09T15:21:33Z")
Her obituary was written and produced by Jim Steinman, featured a symphony and boys’ choir (with glowing eyes), and ran 20 minutes. It was a heartache. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/8 "2026-07-09T17:55:35Z")
She should have held out for a hero. Just recently I’ve been seeing commercials for Zevo insect traps with someone singing “I’m holding out for a Zevo!” Now, I’m not saying that caused Ms. Tyler’s death, but it probably didn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/9 "2026-07-09T23:49:59Z")
My husband says he doesn’t know the song Total Eclipse of the Heart. I’ve got to go lie down for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/10 "2026-07-09T23:54:31Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > My husband says he doesn’t know the song Total Eclipse of the Heart. 🎶 Every now and then, I ask a little question, and you’ve never heard that song. 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/11 "2026-07-10T00:12:20Z")
So you don’t know what to do, your always in the dark? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/12 "2026-07-10T00:13:36Z")
He’s previously confessed to being unfamiliar with Billy Joel’s Keeping the Faith and Adam Ant’s Goody Two Shoes. He missed the 80s in much the same manner as I missed the 90s, but it never fails to shock me. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/13 "2026-07-10T00:28:56Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > My husband says he doesn’t know the song Total Eclipse of the Heart. I’ve got to go lie down for a while. You could do a great reaction video of him watching the _TEotH_ video for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/14 "2026-07-10T00:37:54Z")
No doubt he would just annoy us ALL. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/15 "2026-07-10T01:22:13Z")
Just tell him that you’re holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night. That he’s gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast and he’s gotta be fresh from the fight ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/16 "2026-07-10T18:50:01Z")
Came across this. ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’ Was Originally Written For A Musical About Vampires ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’ Was Originally Written For A Musical About Vampires American composer, lyricist, and record producer Jim Steinman originally penned “Total Eclipse of the Heart” - which hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1983 - for a musical adaptation of the classic vampire movie Nosferatu. Inspired by the total darkness of a full moon eclipse, the song’s original title was “Vampires in Love.” Steinman once mentioned that anyone who listened to the lyrics could quickly realize that the song was referring to romance found in vampiric darkness. Steinman was also surprised that he was asked to work with singer Bonnie Tyler on the project, as he usually worked with Meat Loaf and other artists who were more hard rock or heavy metal than pop. Still, Steinman loved Tyler’s voice and was excited to take on the challenge of moving into a different genre. Although Steinman’s musical version of Nosferatu never came to be, it later made an appearance in the score of his musical Dance of the Vampires. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/17 "2026-07-10T18:55:41Z")
Gawd, that was a wretched song. I pictured her coming on to some guy in a bar with that pitch, and him running for the door. A hero I’d hold out for: [![](https://foodblasts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Ultimate-Meatball-Sub-Sandwich.png) ](https://foodblasts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Ultimate-Meatball-Sub-Sandwich.png) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/18 "2026-07-10T19:30:22Z")
I honestly had her confused with Kim Carnes. Same sort of voice, but I think Carnes only really had the one megahit of _Bette Davis Eyes_, which didn’t come until her fifth album release. I watched the videos of Tyler’s three best-known hits and had to laugh at [the one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo&list=RDlcOxhH8N3Bo&start_radio=1) for _Total Eclipse_. Good lord, what were they thinking?! Ninjas? A boy’s choir with flashlights for eyes? It’s like they emptied the grab bag of cliches. A good song, though. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/19 "2026-07-10T20:10:10Z")
@Chefguy Did you watch the Literal Video Version of “Total Eclipse” yet? ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532/20 "2026-07-10T20:16:54Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Did you watch the Literal Video Version of “Total Eclipse” yet? One of, if not THE, crowning achievements of the Internet age. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-tyler-has-died/1031532.md?page=2)