LONDON — Husky-voiced Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler was in an induced coma on Friday in a hospital in Portugal after emergency surgery, a spokesman said.
The 74-year-old star, best known for her 1983 megahit "Total Eclipse of the Heart," was operated on earlier in the week at a hospital in the southern city of Faro.
The singer "has been put into an induced coma by her doctors to aid her recovery," a spokesman said on Friday. "We know that you all wish her well and ask for privacy at this difficult time, please."
Tyler shot to fame in the 1970s with hits including "Lost in France" and "It's a Heartache."
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" later topped the charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Grammy-nominated Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins, was due to start a European tour on May 22 in Malta to mark 50 years since the release of "Lost in France," which was her breakthrough hit in 1976.
Other concert dates have been planned for Germany, the Czech Republic and Turkey, with a final show planned in Cardiff in December.
Other hits include "Holding Out for a Hero" in 1984, which featured on the soundtrack to the huge US box-office success "Footloose."
In 2013, Tyler represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, with the song "Believe in Me," finishing in 19th place.
She was recognized in 2022 by the late queen Elizabeth II who, before her death, awarded Tyler an honor for her five-decades-long music career.
