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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 23
Bonnie Tyler Funeral to Stream on 17 August for Global Fans After Singer Died at 75
Updated
Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 23

Bonnie Tyler Funeral to Stream on 17 August for Global Fans After Singer Died at 75

3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 23

Summary

  • A 17 August celebration-of-life service for Bonnie Tyler will be live-streamed on her official website, letting fans worldwide follow the funeral from St Mary's Church in Swansea.
  • The family-and-guests service will also be shown on screens outside the church, and the cortege will pass through her hometown of Skewen at about 13:20 BST.
  • On 15 August, Tyler's coffin will be brought to her Mumbles home at 15:30 BST, with mourners invited to line Newton Road from 15:15 to pay their respects.
  • Tyler died unexpectedly on 8 July, aged 75, in a Portugal hospital from the illness she had been receiving treatment for after emergency intestinal surgery in May.
  • The Welsh singer, whose Total Eclipse of the Heart topped charts in the US and UK, drew tributes from Catherine Zeta-Jones, Prince William and Cliff Richard.

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Why does a 40-year-old Welsh power ballad still captivate billions of listeners globally today?