The family of Bonnie Tyler have announced a celebration of life and a public procession in Swansea following the singer's death at a hospital in Portugal. The 75-year-old, born Gaynor Hopkins, died "unexpectedly" on 8 July "as a result of the illness that she was being treated for", according to a statement on her official website. Tributes poured in from Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, among others.
Now, her coffin will be brought to her Mumbles home on 15 August at 15:30 BST, with fans invited to "pay their respects" by lining Newton Road from 15:15. The procession will culminate in a celebration of her life at St Mary's Church, Swansea, on 17 August at 12:00 BST. After the service, she will "return to her hometown" of Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, travelling through the village at about 13:20 BST en route to a private family service.
“Bonnie Tyler's coffin will be taken to her Mumbles home on 15 August; fans invited to pay respects.”
A funeral notice published by William Pressdee Funeralcare on behalf of her family remembered Tyler as "a warm, generous artist whose music touched generations and continues to fill dance floors and karaoke booths around the world". It described her as a dear sister to Marlene, Angela, Avis, Paul and the late Pauline and Lynn, and a "devoted and wonderful Aunty Gaynor" to her nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.
The notice requested "family flowers only" but invited donations in her memory to two charities where Tyler was a patron: Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales and Cerebral Palsy Cymru. "Her legacy lives on in the timeless songs that made her a legend," it said.
Best known for hits such as *Total Eclipse of the Heart*, *Holding Out For A Hero* and *Here She Comes*, Tyler is survived by her husband of more than 50 years, Robert Sullivan.
