Sue, Allison, Nikki and Donna are among the thousands of fans who have gathered to witness Bonnie Tyler return to her Swansea home<\/p>\n
Legendary singer Bonnie Tyler has made her final journey to her Mumbles home, with thousands of emotional fans lining the streets to pay their respects.<\/p>\n
The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer died "unexpectedly" on 8 July, aged 75, at a hospital in Portugal.<\/p>\n
At the time, tributes poured in from a host of friends and stars including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart.<\/p>\n
Despite Tyler's career taking her all over the world, she has been described by those living in the coastal suburb of Mumbles as a "Swansea girl through and through", and someone who "never forgot where she came from".<\/p>\n
People were invited to "pay their respects" by lining roads, as her coffin was driven through.<\/p>\n
The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer died "unexpectedly" on 8 July, aged 75, at a hospital in Portugal<\/p>\n
As the procession began, Total Eclipse of the Heart could be heard playing on the busy street, as crying fans broke into applause.<\/p>\n
The coffin was draped in the Welsh flag and accompanied by a framed photograph of the singer, whose real name was Gaynor Sullivan.<\/p>\n
Fans threw flowers onto the hearse as it drove down Newton Road.<\/p>\n
Thousands of fans followed the coffin as it made its way through the street, continuing to walk behind it until the end of the road.<\/p>\n
"She was lovely – just like a friend you'd known all of your life," said Angela Powell who was among the first to arrive.<\/p>\n
"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.<\/p>\n
"She actually met my father in one of them, The Townsend, where Bonnie would regularly perform.<\/p>\n
Total Eclipse of the Heart singer Bonnie Tyler's funeral will be held on Monday<\/p>\n