ShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLeigh BoobyerBBC WalesGetty ImagesBonnie Tyler was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery in Portugal on WednesdaySinger Bonnie Tyler has been placed into an induced coma to aid her recovery after emergency intestinal surgery, a spokesman for the star has said.
It was revealed the 74-year-old from Skewen, Wales, had been rushed to a hospital near her home in Faro, Portugal, on Wednesday for the procedure and was recuperating.
A spokesman for the singer shared a further update on her health on Thursday evening.
"Bonnie has been put into an induced coma by her doctors to aid her recovery," he said.
The spokesman added: "We know that you all wish her well and ask for privacy at this difficult time please.
"We will issue a further statement when we are able to."
Born Gaynor Hopkins in a Neath council house, the gravel-voiced singer became an international sensation with Total Eclipse of the Heart in 1983.
Forty-three years on the song cemented its place in history by passing the billion streams mark on Spotify.
Tyler grew up with a love for music before being discovered by talent scout Roger Bell in a Swansea club.
She released her first single, Lost in France, in 1977. But it was Total Eclipse of the Heart five years later which changed her life.
A four-minute radio version took the world by storm, with the ballad spending two weeks at UK number one, and four weeks in the US.
Grammy-nominated Tyler has had a string of other hits, including Holding out for a Hero.
She represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013, and a decade later was made an MBE for her services to music.
