WEBVTT - BREAKING: "Total Eclipse" Singer Bonnie Tyler Dead at 75

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, that Folcus. Thursday July nine, we were hopping on

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<v Speaker 1>right after putting up our morning run as we often do,

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<v Speaker 1>because we have a breaking news update. Just getting words

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<v Speaker 1>that singer Bonnie Tyler has passed away at the age

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<v Speaker 1>of seventy five. Welcome to this breaking news episode, Robes Even.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw the name and knew immediately and connected her

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<v Speaker 1>to that one song.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what's crazy is I don't know her, I've

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<v Speaker 2>never met her, but I feel emotional. She has had

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<v Speaker 2>such an impact on so many people's lives. She has

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<v Speaker 2>brought so much joy to people with her music and

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<v Speaker 2>for many of us at a certain age, but I

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<v Speaker 2>actually think she has touched just about every generation because

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<v Speaker 2>who doesn't know total eclipse of the heart, holding out

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<v Speaker 2>for a hero. But these were the anthems of my

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<v Speaker 2>childhood and coming up. And still listen to her music

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<v Speaker 2>when I want to have fun, when I want to

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<v Speaker 2>when I want to release. She is that powerhouse of

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<v Speaker 2>a voice that just will take you right back.

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<v Speaker 3>To a place of joy. And that's what I think

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<v Speaker 3>of when I think of her.

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<v Speaker 1>And Bonnie Tyler had been in the headlines here recently.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll let you know we got word from her family.

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<v Speaker 1>They put up a statement on her official social media

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<v Speaker 1>pages talking about her passing. But she had Robe been

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<v Speaker 1>in the headlines here recently, first of all for going

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<v Speaker 1>into the hospital for an emergency surgery, then word that

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<v Speaker 1>she was in a coma, then word that she came

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<v Speaker 1>out of the coma. But Robe she had been still

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<v Speaker 1>in the hospital. We always say, we hear now seventy somethings,

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<v Speaker 1>albody dies. That is really really young. But the way

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<v Speaker 1>the family explains it, rope she for the past month

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<v Speaker 1>or two sounds like she's been going through it in

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<v Speaker 1>the hospital.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, she ended up dying at the hospital in Portugal,

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<v Speaker 2>where she has lived for quite some time with her husband.

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<v Speaker 2>And this was the official family statement that came out

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<v Speaker 2>just a short while ago. Bonnie's family and team are

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<v Speaker 2>heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpected passed away last night

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<v Speaker 2>in hospital in Portugal as a result of the illness

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<v Speaker 2>that she was being treated for. We will issue a

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<v Speaker 2>further statement shortly, but now asked for privacy to deal

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<v Speaker 2>with this tragedy. And I think that speaks to where

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<v Speaker 2>we all are right now. Yes we knew she was ill,

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<v Speaker 2>Yes we knew she had been fighting for her life.

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<v Speaker 2>It definitely seemed serious. But to hear that she came

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<v Speaker 2>out of the coma it I think a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>us who had been following it felt like, Okay, good,

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<v Speaker 2>she's passed the worst of it, and she's going to

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<v Speaker 2>come out of this. I mean, she had tours scheduled,

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<v Speaker 2>she was still active in her singing career and still beloved,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously by millions around the world. So to hear her

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<v Speaker 2>family say that it was a sudden or an unexpected passing,

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<v Speaker 2>that speaks to the shock of it today hearing this news.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they said originally, I think, give us all

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<v Speaker 1>the details when she first went into the hospital in May,

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<v Speaker 1>but they called it an emergency intestinal surgery. So unexpected,

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<v Speaker 1>so unexpected, obviously right, it was because you just said

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<v Speaker 1>she still she had a tour plan, she was supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be back on the road very soon, so Robes

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<v Speaker 1>she seemed to be indecent enough help to be out

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<v Speaker 1>there on the road, still doing her thing. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you saw her lately, I mean, Robes didn't necessarily see

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<v Speaker 1>in the recent pictures of her. So anybody you'd be

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<v Speaker 1>concerned about health wise as a seventy five year old Robes,

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<v Speaker 1>this is awful, and for whatever reason, Robes, it seems

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<v Speaker 1>awful or worse or unexpected because the updates look, somebody's

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<v Speaker 1>in a coma sounds bad. Come out of a coma

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<v Speaker 1>sounds positive.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, absolutely, but they.

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<v Speaker 1>Did stay she was struggling and still stayed in the hospital.

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<v Speaker 1>But ropes. I guess that last update at least hearing

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<v Speaker 1>she was out of the coma, I kind of put

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<v Speaker 1>it in your mind or the back of your mind

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<v Speaker 1>that oh, okay, she's going to get through this.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, we had hoped this.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean she has been just such an integral part

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<v Speaker 2>of my life in so many people's lives. Even Look,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not a big fan of eighties power ballads, but

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<v Speaker 2>you also, like everyone knows for music. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>who care, who you are, what age you are, you

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<v Speaker 2>know those songs.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh just stuffing for folks like me who are nowhere.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess that speaks to the reach. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>anything about this music in the eighties, but I know

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<v Speaker 1>who she is and I know two songs. I know

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<v Speaker 1>one of them because freaking Kevin Bakon was dancing his

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<v Speaker 1>ass around to one of them in Footloot yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>need a hero. That's probably the song I get more

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<v Speaker 1>hype or energy to Total Eclipse of the Heart as iconic,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's on every list of greatest songs ever made.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna find that no matter what. But this is

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<v Speaker 1>the one that I've admitted more times than not. I

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<v Speaker 1>get annoyed because everybody else loves it so much and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm around people who start screaming and yelling it in

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<v Speaker 1>my ear. But it's without question, one of the greatest

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<v Speaker 1>songs to have happened, one of the most successful songs.

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<v Speaker 1>And to think it came out in nineteen eighty three,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was. And here we are in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six. Play that song anywhere, play it anywhere. I

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<v Speaker 1>was just everybody's going to be into it. That is

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<v Speaker 1>still a current hit. And don't let there be an

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<v Speaker 1>eclipse ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yes, we've had two eclipses. And I believe Gma

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<v Speaker 2>it was twenty seventeen. I believe we had her on

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<v Speaker 2>a cruise ship singing Total Eclipse of the Heart and

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<v Speaker 2>you were everybody was for this big eclipse and she,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, I loved that she embraced it, that

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<v Speaker 2>she knew that that song was so iconic, and she

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<v Speaker 2>had given plenty of interviews saying I never get tired

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<v Speaker 2>of singing it.

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<v Speaker 3>And I appreciate that because you know, look, I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>Some people get annoyed that they have to always sing

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<v Speaker 2>that one song that they're only known for that. And look,

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<v Speaker 2>she had well more than just that one song, but

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<v Speaker 2>that was the iconic song attached to her. And I

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<v Speaker 2>love that she never ever was annoyed by singing it,

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<v Speaker 2>grew tired of singing it. She expressed how much she

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<v Speaker 2>loved that song. She recognized what that song meant for

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<v Speaker 2>her and what it means to everyone else.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess sometimes we make the assumption about those songs

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<v Speaker 1>and certain artists who look Michael Jackson had hit after

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<v Speaker 1>hit after hit. Some people make one iconic hit and

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<v Speaker 1>then the rest of their career is just okay. And yes,

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<v Speaker 1>she had another hit, I Need a Hero one from Footloose.

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<v Speaker 1>She had one other, the Heartache Song, which was her

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<v Speaker 1>first hit. She had a long career, multiple albums. I

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<v Speaker 1>think about Rachel Platten, what is the song the one

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<v Speaker 1>iconic oh, fight song, fight song? Yes, And we asked

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<v Speaker 1>her about that, and do you ever get tired of that?

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody's just waiting on that one. She said that that

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<v Speaker 1>song pay for my mortgage. No, she expressed, like every

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<v Speaker 1>time I belt it out, it is a retelling and

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<v Speaker 1>an emotional experience. You never get tired of it. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that about this song. How many times? It's the

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<v Speaker 1>only song. If I say, Bonnie Tyler, how many what's

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<v Speaker 1>the percentage? The only song you can come up with

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<v Speaker 1>is the one yes, And that's fine, and that's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>But you think that would wear on somebody. No, this

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<v Speaker 1>lady embraced and sang that thing with that raspy ass

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<v Speaker 1>voice as many times as anybody would invite her to

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<v Speaker 1>sing it. Now I'm thinking, man, she should have been

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<v Speaker 1>invited to the National Mall. She should have been singing

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<v Speaker 1>that song for the anniversary. Like they're just it's just

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<v Speaker 1>we lost somebody who was unifying in a song. Her

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<v Speaker 1>genre wasn't necessarily for everybody. It wasn't that diverse, you

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<v Speaker 1>could even argue, but that song touched everybody. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>what music does. It brings folks together. Thank you, Bonnie

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler for that song, which will never go away.

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<v Speaker 2>No, and we've been actually already playing that song, and

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<v Speaker 2>I need a hero at nauseum as soon as the

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<v Speaker 2>word came out, and it did flood you with emotion.

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<v Speaker 2>And I do love what you pointed out that Rachel

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<v Speaker 2>plattin in that fight song. It's about what you feel

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<v Speaker 2>when you hear the music, and when artists understand that

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<v Speaker 2>and get that and lean into it, it's a beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>relationship with the audience.

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<v Speaker 3>And it never went away.

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<v Speaker 2>She always had folks who, Yes, I dare anyone not

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<v Speaker 2>to run on the dance floor at a wedding when

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<v Speaker 2>that song comes on, or you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, maybe not.

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<v Speaker 2>You know me, You couldn't hold wild horses, couldn't hold

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<v Speaker 2>me back. You hear the beginning of that song, and

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<v Speaker 2>I would say, at least every girl runs to the

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<v Speaker 2>dance totally clips.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, how do you dance to that song?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? You just would turn around. Everyone turns around you.

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<v Speaker 2>You like you sway with your girlfriends. Oh, I have

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<v Speaker 2>danced to that song, believe me.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you dance with your man to that song?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if you necessarily dance.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, we're gonna try it after this, after this recording.

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<v Speaker 1>But as much as we know that song, as much

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<v Speaker 1>as we love that song, as many years as that

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<v Speaker 1>song has been around. You know what I learned something

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<v Speaker 1>today about Bonnie Tyler, which is Bonnie Tyler was not

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<v Speaker 1>her birth name. It wasn't even her second name. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>we continue here on, Amy and TJ. I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>hop on and give this quick update, just getting word

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<v Speaker 1>after we posted our already our morning run newscasts. It's

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<v Speaker 1>right before this on the feed. But we hoped right

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<v Speaker 1>back on because we got word that Bonnie Tyler passed

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<v Speaker 1>away at the age of seventy five. And Rosie, you

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<v Speaker 1>learned so much about folks, and I learned that Bonnie

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler was not her name, not even close to it.

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<v Speaker 1>I did not know this at all.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know this.

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<v Speaker 2>That her name was Gainner Hopkins. Yes, she was born

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<v Speaker 2>in Wales, and when you hear about her humble beginnings,

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<v Speaker 2>it actually makes you fall even more in love with

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<v Speaker 2>what she was able to accomplish and what she gave

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<v Speaker 2>to the world.

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<v Speaker 3>But she was born in.

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<v Speaker 2>Wales, daughter of a coal miner, born in a home

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<v Speaker 2>that didn't even have indoor plumbing.

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<v Speaker 3>She had an outside toilet.

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<v Speaker 2>These were her beginnings and she built her life in

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<v Speaker 2>this area, singing at pubs and had dreams of becoming,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the young girl from the small town who

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<v Speaker 2>makes it big, and she did exactly that. She was

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<v Speaker 2>discovered in one of those Welsh parts.

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<v Speaker 1>Awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>I love these stories.

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<v Speaker 1>I think about that. We you and I just came

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<v Speaker 1>from a lot of pubs in Europe, and to think

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<v Speaker 1>you could be sitting in and we saw a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of performers, To think that could turn into something else's

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<v Speaker 1>it's fascinating. She made it. But bro she went from

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<v Speaker 1>Gayner Hopkins. That's how she was born. She started performing.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't want to use that name. There was some

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<v Speaker 1>other Welsh singer named Mary Hopkins and she didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>I guess that person was a big enough deal that

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't want any affiliation. So she changed her name

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<v Speaker 1>and was performing in the pubs as Scharene Davies.

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<v Speaker 2>That's so wild, And every time I hear Gayner Hopkins,

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking of Gloria Gaynor, the other singer who

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<v Speaker 2>actually is in a similar genre. I would think that

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<v Speaker 2>could even have been confusing. So Sharen Davies and then

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<v Speaker 2>ended up somehow with Bonnie.

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<v Speaker 1>Bonnie Tyler the whatever the the I think whatever record

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<v Speaker 1>label she was working with it was something back and

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<v Speaker 1>forth about what she should be called. They landed on

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<v Speaker 1>Bonnie Tyler. But it's not her name, not her name

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<v Speaker 1>a name.

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<v Speaker 3>That's amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we also learned you found this out.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know this about Total Eclips of the Heart,

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<v Speaker 3>but it makes so much sense.

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<v Speaker 1>This is okay. No one, I bet no one listening

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<v Speaker 1>knows this story. I certainly did not. Total Eclips of

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<v Speaker 1>the Heart was not her song, and in fact, the

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<v Speaker 1>guy who wrote it did not write it for her.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, he wrote it for somebody else who was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a big deal at the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, somebody else who I absolutely love too.

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<v Speaker 3>Loved the music, loved the style.

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<v Speaker 2>So the fact that the song was written by the

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<v Speaker 2>same guy who had been producing meat Loafs Bat out

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<v Speaker 2>of Hell.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, the song was written.

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<v Speaker 2>And meant for and intended for meat.

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<v Speaker 3>Loaf to sing.

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<v Speaker 2>The song absolutely sounds like a meat Loaf song. It

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<v Speaker 2>totally makes sense now.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So if that makes sense, does it make

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<v Speaker 1>sense as well that he said he wrote it for

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<v Speaker 1>a musical about the og vampire Nosparatu.

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<v Speaker 3>It totally makes sense. But I didn't know that either.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, this song was written totally clips of the heart

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<v Speaker 1>that You're go and raise it. I was written for

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<v Speaker 1>a vampire musical.

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<v Speaker 3>That I get it.

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<v Speaker 1>I get it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's opera rock.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like this this genre that I love and Meet

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<v Speaker 2>Loaf nailed it. But I never even equivocated Bonnie Tyler

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<v Speaker 2>with that genre or anything. But now that you say it,

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<v Speaker 2>now that I've learned it, it reads. And here's the

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<v Speaker 2>other cool thing. So Yes, why didn't Meet Loaf sing

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<v Speaker 2>the song because he lost his voice at the time,

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<v Speaker 2>so he was going through this rough patch where he

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't sing, and so this song is just sitting there.

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<v Speaker 2>It was supposed to be Yes in this musical for

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<v Speaker 2>a Noasperato. I don't know how it ended up on

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<v Speaker 2>the cutting room floor.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it ended up because she was excited about the

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<v Speaker 1>idea of working with the guy who produced Mee Loaf's

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<v Speaker 1>hit album. She begged to meet with this guy. He

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<v Speaker 1>didn't even want to meet with her. Steinman Jim Steinman

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<v Speaker 1>goes to his apartment in Manhattan just to do a

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<v Speaker 1>meet and greet. He was fascinated by her voice, sings

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<v Speaker 1>this song. Gives her this one to perform. It became

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<v Speaker 1>her song after that, She said meatloafs. She'd run into

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<v Speaker 1>them over the years and would always talk is to

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<v Speaker 1>her about that should have been my song. That's my song.

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<v Speaker 1>That is great, a great story in great history. Robes.

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<v Speaker 1>That song has been out since eighty three. I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>learning this.

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<v Speaker 2>That is And she actually got Grammy nominations for that

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<v Speaker 2>on her nineteen eighty three album. But what a cool

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<v Speaker 2>story that that was not her story initially and absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>became her her swan song.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, let that be a lesson. Let's take

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<v Speaker 1>that from Bonnie Tyler today. It doesn't have to be

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<v Speaker 1>meant for you. It wasn't made for you. You weren't

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<v Speaker 1>the first option. You weren't the first thought. But you

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<v Speaker 1>take advantage of an opportunity when it's in front of you.

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce Willis was the tenth guy in line to play

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<v Speaker 1>in Diehard, and look what it became to that this

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<v Speaker 1>is a thing, somebody else's song for some other thing

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<v Speaker 1>landed to her and made her great Robes. That's fate.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the universe. How do these things happen? That is

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<v Speaker 1>an incredible story. And by the way, that raspy voice

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<v Speaker 1>of hers and they would go, wow, that's awesome. Robes.

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<v Speaker 3>It was.

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<v Speaker 1>It came because she didn't follow doctor's order. She had

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<v Speaker 1>surgery on her It had some nodules removed from her

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<v Speaker 1>throat robes. It resulted in that raspy sounds. Said doctor

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<v Speaker 1>told her she needed to rest her voice. Afterwards, she

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<v Speaker 1>kept it going and they say that resulted in this

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<v Speaker 1>iconic voice that we now have. Wow, didn't this woman

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<v Speaker 1>has been around all this time, first time I've learned

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<v Speaker 1>any of this about her.

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<v Speaker 3>I love hearing those stories.

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<v Speaker 2>And because of that raspy voice, she said she was

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<v Speaker 2>constantly compared to Rod Stewart, who at the time was

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<v Speaker 2>a really big star, and so she was like, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a compliment, I know, but I don't know what he

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<v Speaker 2>thinks about it. She just seemed so humble in all

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<v Speaker 2>of her interviews. She's like, I can't help it if

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a husky voice. But that husky voice is

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<v Speaker 2>what just made her so distinctive. I mean, obviously she's

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<v Speaker 2>incredible in her talents and her ability to sing. But

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<v Speaker 2>I footloose too, just nineteen eighty four, holding out for

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<v Speaker 2>a hero.

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<v Speaker 3>That song.

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<v Speaker 2>I run to that song all the time, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>I forget it's Bonnie Tyler, Bonnie Tyler and total Eclipse

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<v Speaker 2>of the Heart. Absolutely I know that, but somehow I

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<v Speaker 2>forgot and you started playing it, I was like, oh

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<v Speaker 2>my god, of course that's her too.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's footloose, That's what I remember. So we just wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to hop on, give the update, let you know what

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<v Speaker 1>was happening. But this is just word coming out just

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<v Speaker 1>moments ago. So we just wanted to hop on and

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<v Speaker 1>record and let you know, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I always just wanted to say, like in

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<v Speaker 2>our hearts, go out to her husband. She's been married

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<v Speaker 2>to the same man, Robert Sullivan, since nineteen seventy three,

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<v Speaker 2>and he has been by her side the entire time.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm sure he is just absolutely devastated as we

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<v Speaker 2>all are, and.

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<v Speaker 1>By her side, by her side before she became the

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<v Speaker 1>superstar that she became. And so I always appreciate hearing

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<v Speaker 1>those stories. Folks, We appreciate you spending some time. But yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we know you're going to be listening to Spotify like

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of us right now and listening to Bonnie

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler songs. Enjoy, but remember some of the backstorre. Remember

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<v Speaker 1>what this woman went through, and take some lessons from

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<v Speaker 1>her that she's leaving with us today. It's sad, sad

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<v Speaker 1>that she's gone at seventy five, sad that it was unexpected,

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<v Speaker 1>but Ropes, there's joy we will have because of Bonnie

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler today. So with that, we do appreciate you're spending

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<v Speaker 1>some time with us on TJ on behalf of my

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<v Speaker 1>dear Amy Roback will talk to me