The singer Bonnie Tyler, best known for her song Total Eclipse of the Heart, has died aged 75. We look back at her life, from her 1970s breakthrough to 80s hits, Eurovision and beyond
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Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer whose husky yet commanding voice made songs such as Total Eclipse of the Heart into 1980s classics, has died aged 75.
A message on her Facebook page reads: “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.”
Continue reading...LISSABON (ANP) - Zangeres Bonnie Tyler is woensdagavond op 75-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat hebben haar familie en team bekendgemaakt in een verklaring op haar website. Tyler lag onlangs lange tijd in een kunstmatige coma na een spoedoperatie aan haar darmen. De zangeres overleed in een ziekenhuis in Portugal.
Bonnie Tyler brak door in de jaren tachtig met het nummer Total Eclipse of the Heart. Ook is ze bekend van nummers als It's a Heartache en Holding Out for a Hero, de soundtrack van de Amerikaanse film Footloose. In 2013 vertegenwoordigde ze het Verenigd Koninkrijk op het Eurovisie Songfestival in Malmö, Zweden, met het nummer Believe In Me, waarmee ze op de negentiende plaats eindigde.
Ach. Bonnie Tyler is dood, meldt haar familie via haar eigen website. De Welshe zangeres, bekend van liedjes (Total Eclipse of the Heart, Holding out for a Hero), die ze zong met een schor stemgeluid dat ze opliep na een operatie, overleed nadat ze wekenlang in coma lag na een operatie. De wereld is weer een icoon van de jaren '80 met een paar onmiskenbare bangers op de naam verloren. Bonnie werd 75.
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Een 18-jarige verdachte uit Dordrecht is woensdag aangehouden voor het bezit van een vuurwapen. De verdachte plaatste op TikTok een foto van het vuurwapen, waarna een uitgebreid onderzoek volgde.
