Bonnie Tyler raved over being “fit enough” to perform weeks before she was hospitalized and “unexpectedly passed away.”
“I’m fit enough at the moment, touch wood, and I’m really enjoying doing the shows,” she told Hello! in an interview published in March.
“I’m still rocking on that stage with my wonderful band, and if you’ve got your health, you’ve got everything,” the “Total Eclipse of the Heart” singer added.
Tyler said she stays fit by doing Pilates for “20 minutes a day,” even when she’s in her hotel room.
She also revealed that she underwent surgery to help with issues she had been having with her knees.
“I have had problems with my knees; I didn’t have new knees, I had what they call washouts [a surgical knee procedure], which turned out to be very successful,” she told the outlet.
“So, hopefully that will last for a long time,” Tyler added.
The “Holding Out for a Hero” songstress’s interview came five months before she died on July 8. Tyler was 75.
“Bonnie’s family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away last night in [a] hospital in Portugal as a result of the illness that she was being treated for,” a spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday.
“We will issue a further statement shortly but for now ask for privacy to deal with this tragedy,” they added.
In April, Tyler was hospitalized after she began experiencing intense abdominal pain.
The “If I Sing You a Love Song” songstress had a serious tear in her bowel and had to undergo emergency surgery.
The following month, Tyler was placed in a medically induced coma after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in Portugal.
In June, her team revealed that she was out of the coma but said the “recovery process is slow.”
At the time, all of Tyler’s planned concerts had been canceled through August and her management released a statement thanking fans around the world for their “tremendous sympathy and support.”
Tyler is survived by her husband of 52 years, Robert Sullivan.