The American actor was one of several known guys who paid tribute to Bonnie Tyler. The singer had been admitted to a hospital in Portugal for several months. I was 75 years old.
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Kevin Bacon paid a tribute to Bonnie Tyler after the news of her death became public this Thursday, July 9th.
“One of the great voices of rock,” the American actor told Entertainment Weekly to publicly react to the singer’s departure, the voice of successful themes such as “Holding Out for a Hero” or “Total Eclipse of the Heart”.
To remember that Kevin Bacon is the protagonist of the film “Footloose: Music Is on Your Side, 1984, where the theme “Holding Out for a Hero” is part of the soundtrack.
Bonnie Tyler also died on July 8, the same day that Kevin Bacon celebrated his birthday.
When referring to a scene in the film that runs through a high-speed field on a tractor with the theme of Bonnie Taylor in the background, the actor stated that he “can’t imagine” this scene “the sound of another song”. "May he rest in peace."
RIP # Bonnie Tyler (8 June 1951 – 8 July 2026)
Footloose, 1984, directed by Herbert Ross.@kevinbacon, @Lori SingerChris Penn and Jim Youngs.
“Holding Out for a Hero” song scene, sung by Bonnie Tyler.“I have never gone out of fashion. Because I never sought it.”
Bonnie Tyler. pic.twitter. with/IsyNGXiV9 i— Sergio Rodríguez (@Sergiofordy) July 9, 2026
To remember that Bonnie Tyler he's deadAt 75, Wednesday night, July 8. She was admitted to Faro Hospital in the Algarve since the end of April.
A last update about her state of health was shared last June, through a statement released by her team on the singer's website. In fact, at the time they reported that the artist “was no longer in a coma, but was still very weak and hospitalized in the intensive care unit”.
After the news of his death, Herman José turned to social media to show a video that holds a moment of fun with Bonnie Taylor.
“ Fate joined me with Bonnie Tyler in August 2017 on an Albufeira stage next to Cliff Richard by the hand of the late former mayor, Carlos Silva and Sousa ", began by contextualizing the humorist.
“It left the memory of a woman in love with Portugal (and the Portuguese), a friend, well disposed, artist from head to toe. Very sad to have known of his death so premature”, he added later.
Bonnie Tyler, stage name Gaynor Hopkins, was born in June 1951 in the Swansea region of Wales, United Kingdom.
At the age of just over 20, and after adopting her first stage name, Sherene Davis, she created the first band, Sherene and Imagination, and regularly performed at Swansea Townsman Club, where she was discovered by producer Roger Bell of Chappell Music, London.
Attention to the singer's hoarse voice, Bell immediately mobilized composers and producers Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolve to create a new repertoire. The contracts, the first recordings and the final stage name were succeeded: Bonnie Tyler.
His first single, “My, My Honeycomb”, from 1976, won the radios. But it was with "Lost in France" from their first album, "The World Starts Tonight" (1977), which reached the top-selling charts.
International consecration would arrive a little later in 1983 with “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, a song that was two weeks in first place at the UK top, four weeks at the US top.
The success of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” gave Bonnie Tyler a Grammy nomination, which also happened to the single “Here She Comes” and the album “Faster Than the Speed of Night” (1983), which sold over four million copies and ranked first on the UK charts.