Bonnie Tyler Tributes: Kevin Bacon, Johnny Knoxville & Rod Stewart Remember “One Of The Greatest Voices Of Rock”
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer best known for "Total Eclipse of the Heart," has died at the age of 75, prompting an outpouring of tributes from across the entertainment world. The three-time Grammy nominee passed away in a hospital in Portugal, months after being placed into a medically induced coma following emergency surgery for a perforated intestine. Her death marks the loss of a distinctive rock voice whose hits spanned several decades.
Figures including Kevin Bacon, Johnny Knoxville, Rod Stewart, Catherine Zeta-Jones, David Guetta and Bryan Adams paid their respects. Bacon recalled her "Holding Out for a Hero," recorded for the 1984 Footloose soundtrack, while Knoxville thanked her for allowing the song to feature in Jackass: Best and Last. Stewart, who collaborated with Tyler on her 2019 album Between the Earth and the Stars, performed her 1977 hit "It's a Heartache" with Jools Holland in Scotland. Zeta-Jones, related to Tyler by marriage, described her as an extraordinary and funny woman, while a statement on Tyler's website said her family and team were "heartbroken."
- Bonnie Tyler has died aged 75 in a Portugal hospital.
- Death followed surgery for a perforated intestine.
- Bacon, Stewart, Knoxville and others paid tribute.