Bonnie Tyler is remembered as worldwide star at her Welsh funeral

Fans lined the streets of Mumbles, a seaside Welsh village, as the hearse carrying the coffin of singer Bonnie Tyler, draped in a Welsh flag, made its way to Swansea Minster for her funeral on Monday, August 17, 2026. Inside the church, a projected screen played her hits "If I Sing You A Love Song" and "It’s a Heartache" as her rose-covered coffin was carried in and placed at the altar.

Tyler's manager, Matthew Davis, paid tribute to his late client, saying she was "always a star but never a diva" and that she never forgot her roots. Davis also noted that the singer would have been "amazed and very gratified" by the global outpouring of love since her unexpected passing. The Grammy-nominated pop star, famous for her 1983 hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart," died at the age of 75 in a hospital in Portugal after being hospitalized in May for emergency intestinal surgery.

The funeral, an invite-only event, followed celebrations marking a total eclipse that occurred just a week before her death.