Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, best known for her powerful, haunting love song "Total Eclipse of the Heart", has died aged 75 in hospital in Portugal, her family announced Thursday.

Tyler died "unexpectedly" in a hospital in Portugal where she was being treated for an illness, her family said Thursday in a statement on her website.

Bonnie Tyler, whose hits included the pop classics as “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero,” has died.

Singer died in Portugal months after being rushed to hospital for emergency surgery