She never wrote “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and did not receive money from it. For this appearance, she was interviewed following the re-release of her number-one song at a promotional event on January 30, 2007, in London, England. | Source: Getty Images
The singer went on to explain that composer Jim Steinman, who penned and produced the track, had collected the royalties throughout his life, and that they now pass to his family since his own death.
But she had no hard feelings about it. In this photo, she posed for a portrait while promoting her upcoming appearance on “Hollyoaks Later” in central London, England, on September 11, 2009. | Source: Getty Images
The revelation didn’t dim her feelings for the song itself. “The first time I heard it, shivers up my spine,” Tyler admitted. “I couldn’t believe [Steinman] was giving me this song to sing. I wanted desperately to work with him.”
Bonnie Tyler couldn’t believe she was being given that song. For this taping, she performed during the filming of “The Graham Norton Show” at The London Studios on February 5, 2013, in London, England. | Source: Getty Images
Tyler grew up in Skewen, a small village outside Swansea, and in her later years split her time between homes in Wales and Faro, Portugal, with Sullivan. The pair met while Tyler was singing in Swansea nightclubs, where Sullivan worked as a club manager, long before his career in property development took off, and they married in 1973.
Bonnie Tyler and Robert Sullivan got married in 1973. Here’s a look at their wedding. | Source: Facebook/Bonnie Tyler
“I think the secret to our success is that we met before I was famous,” Tyler once said, according to . She went on to explain that the couple’s lack of children came down to timing rather than choice.
The secret to their long-lasting relationship was that they became successful only afterward. In this photo, Bonnie Tyler posed for a portrait with her husband, Robert Sullivan, in 1993, in Germany. | Source: Getty Images
“We don’t have children because we left it too late to stop taking precautions, and then I had a miscarriage when I was 40,” she said. “I was unlucky but I love all my nieces and nephews. Our house in Mumbles is like Paddington station because everyone wants to come and visit Auntie Gaynor.”
They went through a miscarriage together. On this occasion, she enjoyed the city with her husband on April 27, 2004, in Paris, France. | Source: Getty Images
She had touched on the same subject in an earlier interview, reported by the Telegraph, where she named it as the one true repentance of her life.
“I’ve got my feet on the ground because I’ve got a lovely family waiting for me when I get home, even though they’re not my flesh and blood,” she said. “I haven’t got children. That’s my only regret, I suppose.”
That was her one regret. During this outing, she enjoyed the city with her husband on April 27, 2004, in Paris, France. | Source: Getty Images
And although their marriage lasted until her very last breath and even faced the heartbreak of a miscarriage, they went through another troublesome period.
