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Bonnie Tyler fans line the streets as coffin taken to Swansea home
Sue, Allison, Nikki and Donna are among the hundreds of fans who have gathered to witness Bonnie Tyler return to her Swansea home
Legendary singer Bonnie Tyler has begun her final journey to her Mumbles home, as emotional fans line the streets to pay their respects.
The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer died "unexpectedly" on 8 July, aged 75, at a hospital in Portugal.
At the time, tributes poured in from a host of friends and stars including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart.
Despite Tyler's career taking her all over the world, she has been described by those living in the Welsh coastal town as a "Swansea girl through and through", and someone who "never forgot where she came from".
The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer died "unexpectedly" on 8 July, aged 75, at a hospital in Portugal
People were invited to "pay their respects" by lining roads in Newton and Mumbles, a seaside suburb of Swansea, while others began gathering outside her home in the morning.
As the procession began, Total Eclipse of the Heart could be heard playing on the busy street, as crying fans broke into applause.
"She was lovely - just like a friend you'd known all of your life," said Angela Powell who was among the first to arrive.
"My mam used to cut Gaynor's husband Bobbie's hair and so he would let her into the nightclubs [which he managed] in the town without having to queue.