{"id":70480,"date":"2022-01-21T16:30:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-rock-star-and-actor-dies-at-74\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T11:00:57","slug":"meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-rock-star-and-actor-dies-at-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-rock-star-and-actor-dies-at-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ Rock Star and Actor, Dies at 74"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meat Loaf, the theatrical rock balladeer whose 1977 album \u201cBat Out of Hell\u201d became one of the bestselling albums of all time, died Thursday at age 74, according to his longtime manager Michael Greene<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWe know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man\u2026 From his heart to your souls\u2026don\u2019t ever stop rocking!\u201d<\/p>\n

Born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, the long-haired, plus-size rocker gained wide fame in the 1970s for his soaring vocals on power ballads such as \u201cParadise By the Dashboard Light,\u201d \u201cTwo Out of Three Ain\u2019t Bad,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019d Do Anything for Love (But I Won\u2019t Do That).\u201d<\/p>\n

His first two albums, 1977\u2019s \u201cBat Out of Hell\u201d and 1983\u2019s \u201cBat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell,\u201d sold more than 55 million copies on the strength ofJim Steinman songwriting and Meat Loaf\u2019s soaring vocals. <\/p>\n

He also adapted his onstage energy onto the screen as an actor, appearing in such films as \u201cThe Rocky Horror Picture Show\u201d (1975), \u201cWayne\u2019s World\u201d (1992), \u201cFight Club\u201d (1999) and \u201cCrazy in Alabama.\u201d He also had memorable cameos on shows like \u201cGlee\u201d and \u201cSouth Park.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meat Loaf, the theatrical rock balladeer whose 1977 album \u201cBat Out of Hell\u201d became one of the bestselling albums of all time, died Thursday at age 74, according to his longtime manager Michael Greene. \u201cOur hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWe know how much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":70481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Meat-Loaf-Bat-Out-of-Hell-Rock-Star-and-Actor.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}