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Aw damn.

Yeah Zach’s going to be bummed. Meat Loaf is his favorite. On our trip a few years ago I had to listen to some deep cuts. Not all we’re to my taste.

But the dude lived a long life and he did NOT take care of himself for a really long time. He was good to make it this far.

Ah man, that's a bummer. I barely knew the dude, but he had an incredible voice.

Simfers said:

I barely knew the dude, but he had an incredible voice.

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I will probably still confuse it with Janis Joplin’s. As a kid, for the longest time I thought “Piece of My Heart” was done by Meat Loaf.

Perhaps I will rewatch Wayne’s World or Formula 51 as a memento.

—Patrick

I loved both Bat Out of Hell albums (and Rocky!), and they're still part of my regular rotation since my teens.

Go figure that Jim Steinman only passed a few months ago. They were perfectly paired like Elton John and Bernie Taupin. I wonder if they'd want to meet up in Heaven, or in Hell, just to break out.

His name was Robert Paulson.

Gods dammit!

Tinwhistler said:

Meat Loaf was ‘seriously ill’ with COVID days before his death: report

The singer and actor, real name Michael Lee Aday, had been outspoken about COVID, specifically railing against vaccine mandates, TMZ said.

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I saw he had died of Covid and had a feeling that was the case. Extra stupid because he had several health issues and was at high risk.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Such a shame because he had such an incredible voice.

It's a shame he got brain worms, but bat out of hell is still great.

And my absolute favorite anti-love song

Celt Z said:

I saw he had died of Covid and had a feeling that was the case. Extra stupid because he had several health issues and was at high risk.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Such a shame because he had such an incredible voice.

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Do we know if he was unvaccinated? I know that usually anyone who's been vaccinated doesn't die from Covid-19, but there's still a chance he just had really bad health/luck.

EDIT: Nevermind, I missed the part in the article where it talked about how outspoken he was about being anti-mask, anti-vax, etc. Like you said, play stupid games and win stupid prizes.

Not gonna lie, I was bummed about his death since I very much loved Bat out of Hell as a kid for some reason but this made me crack the fuck up.

@Frank how dare you torture Gas like that.

--Patrick

At the only ASG I've attended...

It goes to show that the rest of the world is far more tactful than I am, because nowhere have I seen the headline, "He Would Do Anything For Love, But He Won't Do Vax - Meatloaf Dies of Covid".

EDIT: I have been informed by my husband that Reddit beat me to this. I feel better now.

yup...it was all over reddit the day-of.