Meatloaf has died.

[Seeker]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60080934

I saw him in concert in Leicester many years ago. I still listen and enjoy Bat out of Hell 1 and 2. An amazing, powerful voice. RIP.

[Craig380]

It's a shame, isn't it.

In the style of Private Eye's E.J. Thribb (33 and 1/3rpm):

So farewell then, Marvin Lee 'Meat Loaf' Adair
'Like a bat out of hell, you'll be gone when the morning comes'
Was a line from your best-known song
And Cher sang that you were a 'dead ringer for love'
You also sang that you would do anything for love
But now you won't
Because you are dead

[daktulos]

I saw him in 2003 and he collapsed on stage a couple of minutes into the show - we thought he was gone then.

Such a shame, but his and Jim's music will live on.

[embee]

Reports say it was Covid, which is about as ironic as it gets (bat out of ....).