Singer Bonnie Tyler, known for her smash hits “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero,” has come out of a coma after emergency surgery last month, her family said.
The 75-year-old Welsh star, who shot to stardom with her hits in the 1980s, has been kept asleep in Faro, Portugal, as she underwent emergency bowel surgery.
A message from her team and family posted on her website late yesterday said she was “no longer in a coma but still very ill and in intensive care” in Portugal.
“Her doctors are still confident that she will make a good recovery but it will take time,” they added.
All of Tyler’s planned concerts until the end of August will be canceled or postponed as a result, but she was due to perform this year in Germany and Austria and at a festival in the UK.
The family thanked fans for their “huge outpouring of love” and said Tyler was aware of her.
