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bulllee
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Meat Loaf Dies: ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ Singer & ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Actor Was 74
By Erik PedersenJanuary 20, 2022 11:44pm
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Meat Loaf, the hardworking singer and actor whose Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums ever and who played Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died. He was 74.
The Grammy winner born Marvin Lee Aday died Thursday night surrounded by his wife Deborah, daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends, Meat Loaf’s longtime agent Michael Greene told Deadline on behalf of the family. A cause of death is not being released.
“We 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,” Meat Loaf’s family said in a statement. “From his heart to your souls…don’t ever stop rocking!”
Meat Loaf onstage in 2005Mega Agency
Written and produced by Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell is among the best-selling albums in history, racking up 14 million units sold in the U.S. alone. Worldwide sales estimates go as high as 30 million. Its U.S. singles “Two of Three Ain’t Bad” and “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” peaked at No. 11 and No. 39, respectively, but both were certified platinum four decades later in 2018.
“Paradise by the Dashboard Light” — a duet with Ellen Foley, who went on to star in Season 1 of Night Court — famously features longtime New York Yankees announcer “calling the action” as the teenage narrator makes a move on his girlfriend. Watch the video for the song below, with Karla DeVito lip-synching the “Stop right there!” role. She then went on tour with Meat Loaf to support the album.
Bat Out of Hell also was a smash overseas, spending more than 10 years on the UK album chart despite peaking at No. 9. It remains among the 20 best-sellers of all time there.
Meat Loaf and Steinman also collaborated on the 1993 album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, which has sold more than 5 million units in the U.S. alone. Its platinum lead single “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” spent five weeks at No. 1 in the U.S. and UK to become by far Meat Loaf’s biggest hit. Meat Loaf the Grammy for Best Rock Performance, Solo.
Steinman, died last year, also teamed with Meat Loaf for 1981’s Dead Ringer and 2016’s Braver Than We Are.
Meat Loaf has sold more 100 million albums worldwide. His 1980s LPs Dead Ringer and Bad Attitude sold moderately stateside, but 1995’s Welcome to the Neighborhood made the Top 20 and went platinum. He taped an episode of VH1’s Storytellers that was released as an album in 1999.
Meat Loaf also sang lead on several tracks for Ted Nugent’s million-selling 1976 album Free-for-All.
Meat Loaf in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” 1975Everett Collection
But before Bat Out of Hell and the rest, there was The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Meat Loaf all but stole the 1975 film version of the stage musical as Eddie, a wild and wildly unlucky ex-delivery boy who belts out the hard-rocking “Hot Patootie” before meeting a difficult end. The movie, which also starred Susan Sarandon and Tim Curry, has become an all-time cult classic. Its soundtrack also hit the Top 50 and is certified gold. Meat Loaf also played the Eddie role onstage.
Born on September 27, 1947, in Dallas, he was a high school football player before relocating to New York City in the late 1960s, where he began landing roles on the stage. He appeared in the Broad way musical Hair and would return to the big stage to play Eddie and Dr. Scott in The Rocky Horror Show in 1975 and had a short run in Rockabye Hamlet the following year.
Meat Loaf was the musical guest on a 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live, on which he played Bat Out of Hell’s “All Revved Up and Nowhere to Go” and “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.” He often host the turn-of-the-century music series The List on VH1. His many other screen credits include the features Roadie, Motorama, Crazy in Alabama, Stage Fright, Spice World, Leap of Faith and Americathon. He also appeared in several episodes of the 2017-18 series Ghost Wars.
Last year, Meat Loaf sealed a deal to develop a relationship competition series based on “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).” He was executive producer on the project and was set to appear as, per the logline, the ethereal figure behind the madness who would pull the strings in the show. Couples were to compete in a variety of comedic physical games designed to reveal how well they can work together and how much they really trust and believe in each other – all to a soundtrack of classic hits, performed live in studio by the original artists as well as new stars.
Here is Meat Loaf performing “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”:
Baron23
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My kind of maniac
Cher, Andrew Lloyd Weber, and others memorialize the singer and actor, who died Thursday at the age of 74
News of the death of larger-than-life singer and actor Meat Loaf on Thursday at the age of 74 led to an outpouring of tributes from fellow artists and collaborators on social media.
“Had so much fun with Meat Loaf when we did ‘Dead Ringer,'” Cher tweeted. “Am very sorry for his family, friends, and fans. Am I imagining It, or are amazing people in the arts dying every other day?”
“I am shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Meat Loaf,” Bonnie Tyler wrote. “He was, as you might imagine, a larger than life character with a voice and stage presence to match and is one of those rare people who truly was a one off talent and personality.” Tyler’s chart-topping 1983 single “Total Eclipse of the Heart” was written and produced by frequent Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman, who died last April.
Boy George offered his condolences while sharing a humorous anecdote about the late singer on Twitter, saying, Meat Loaf “once turned me upside down in a Chinese Restaurant in St Johns Wood.”
“I hope paradise is as you remember it from the dashboard light, Meat Loaf,” comedian Stephen Fry tweeted. “Had a fun time performing a sketch with him on Saturday Live way back in the last century.”
Rick Astley called Meat Loaf “a legend,” and shared a snapshot of the two together, while Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote, “The vaults of heaven will be ringing with rock. Give my best to Jim.”
The news of Meat Loaf’s passing was confirmed by the singer’s family in a post on his official Facebook page. A cause of death was not given.
‘I Hope Paradise Is As You Remember it From the Dashboard Light’: Celebrities, Collaborators Pay Tribute to Meat Loaf
Cher, Andrew Lloyd Weber, and others memorialize the singer and actor, who died Thursday at the age of 74
News of the death of larger-than-life singer and actor Meat Loaf on Thursday at the age of 74 led to an outpouring of tributes from fellow artists and collaborators on social media.
“Had so much fun with Meat Loaf when we did ‘Dead Ringer,'” Cher tweeted. “Am very sorry for his family, friends, and fans. Am I imagining It, or are amazing people in the arts dying every other day?”
“I am shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Meat Loaf,” Bonnie Tyler wrote. “He was, as you might imagine, a larger than life character with a voice and stage presence to match and is one of those rare people who truly was a one off talent and personality.” Tyler’s chart-topping 1983 single “Total Eclipse of the Heart” was written and produced by frequent Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman, who died last April.
Boy George offered his condolences while sharing a humorous anecdote about the late singer on Twitter, saying, Meat Loaf “once turned me upside down in a Chinese Restaurant in St Johns Wood.”
“I hope paradise is as you remember it from the dashboard light, Meat Loaf,” comedian Stephen Fry tweeted. “Had a fun time performing a sketch with him on Saturday Live way back in the last century.”
Rick Astley called Meat Loaf “a legend,” and shared a snapshot of the two together, while Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote, “The vaults of heaven will be ringing with rock. Give my best to Jim.”
The news of Meat Loaf’s passing was confirmed by the singer’s family in a post on his official Facebook page. A cause of death was not given.
Baron23
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I hate to say it but just like John Pinette (who was hilarious comedian), Mr. Anderson was morbidly obese.....and, IMO, most of that with guys like these has to do with genetics and metabolism and med science doesn't yet have a solution aside from taking out 90% of your stomach.
Shame.....both really funny guys.
CarolKing
Always in search of the perfect vaporizer
Cause of Death Officially Confirmed for Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst - E! Online
Former beauty queen Cheslie Kryst died earlier this week, and now her manner of death has been revealed.
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Two days after the tragic passing of Cheslie Kryst, the official cause of death of the former Miss USA has been revealed.
The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to E! News that she died by suicide. The 30-year-old beauty queen's cause of death was multiple blunt impact injuries.
The lawyer and Extra TV correspondent fell from a "higher elevation" of a 60-story condominium in New York City just after 7 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 30, and was pronounced dead at the scene, a NYPD spokesperson previously told E! News.
"In devastation and great sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie," her family said in a statement to Extra. "Her great light was one that inspired others around the world with her beauty and strength. She cared, she loved, she laughed and she shined."
The statement continued, "Cheslie embodied love and served others, whether through her work as an attorney fighting for social justice, as Miss USA and as a host on Extra. But most importantly, as a daughter, sister, friend, mentor and colleague — we know her impact will live on. As we reflect on our loss, the family asks for privacy at this time."
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Celebrity Deaths: 2022's Fallen Stars
In the days since Cheslie's shocking passing, several celebrities, including Olivia Culpo, Victor Cruz, JoJo, Renee Bargh and more, took to social media to pay tribute the rising star.
Its really too bad. Somebody that seemed to have everything. You never know what a person may be going through.
Baron23
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Wait, she fell from a 60 story building and the cause of death was uncertain until now?Cause of Death Officially Confirmed for Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst - E! Online
Former beauty queen Cheslie Kryst died earlier this week, and now her manner of death has been revealed.
Two days after the tragic passing of Cheslie Kryst, the official cause of death of the former Miss USA has been revealed.
The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to E! News that she died by suicide. The 30-year-old beauty queen's cause of death was multiple blunt impact injuries.
The lawyer and Extra TV correspondent fell from a "higher elevation" of a 60-story condominium in New York City just after 7 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 30, and was pronounced dead at the scene, a NYPD spokesperson previously told E! News.
"In devastation and great sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie," her family said in a statement to Extra. "Her great light was one that inspired others around the world with her beauty and strength. She cared, she loved, she laughed and she shined."
The statement continued, "Cheslie embodied love and served others, whether through her work as an attorney fighting for social justice, as Miss USA and as a host on Extra. But most importantly, as a daughter, sister, friend, mentor and colleague — we know her impact will live on. As we reflect on our loss, the family asks for privacy at this time."
PHOTOS
Celebrity Deaths: 2022's Fallen Stars
In the days since Cheslie's shocking passing, several celebrities, including Olivia Culpo, Victor Cruz, JoJo, Renee Bargh and more, took to social media to pay tribute the rising star.
Its really too bad. Somebody that seemed to have everything. You never know what a person may be going through.
bulllee
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Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees frontman and grunge innovator, dies at 57
By Scottie Andrew, CNNUpdated 5:41 PM ET, Tue February 22, 2022
Mark Lanegan, a leader within Seattle's grunge music scene and frontman of influential act Screaming Trees, has died at 57.
(CNN)Mark Lanegan, a pioneering vocalist of Seattle's grunge music scene known for helming Screaming Trees, has died, his family and friends confirmed on his verified Twitter account. He was 57.
A cause of death was not immediately announced.
Though he often downplayed his contributions to indie rock, the gravelly voiced performer helped usher in a new era for the genre that saw many of his collaborators soar to international fame. He also collaborated with Queens of the Stone Age, launched an inventive solo career and published poetry and two memoirs.
Lanegan co-founded Screaming Trees in the mid-1980s, but it wasn't until their sixth album, 1992's "Sweet Oblivion," that the group finally broke through nationally.
Screaming Trees were an influential part of the Seattle grunge scene, where bands like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and Nirvana began their careers.
Lanegan wrote about his friendship with late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in his 2020 memoir, "Sing Backwards and Weep." Like Cobain, Lanegan was a habitual drug user. It wasn't until after Cobain's death, with prodding from Cobain's wife, Courtney Love, that he eventually went to rehab in the late '90s and again in the aughts, he wrote in his memoir. He had been sober for almost 20 years when it was published, Rolling Stone reported at the time.
He collaborated with stars and released solo outings
Lanegan's music career took a different path after the Screaming Trees disbanded in 2000. He continued making solo albums, which he started releasing while still a member of the group. He joined the Queens of the Stone Age for a few years and also collaborated with artists including Isobel Campbell, formerly of Belle and Sebastian."To continue on in music, I had to distance myself from the whole Seattle thing," he told Rolling Stone in 2020. "I had to keep it at arm's length to avoid being known as this ex-grunge, drug-addict singer who never made it."
In August 2020, mid-pandemic, Lanegan moved to Ireland with his wife, Shelley Brien. The stay was meant to be temporary, he told Spin last year, but the "physical beauty" of the area convinced him to stay.
Last year, Lanegan became sick with Covid-19 and nearly died, an experience he documented in another memoir, "Devil in a Coma," published in December. He was put into a medically induced coma and spent weeks in an ICU in Ireland.
"From the moment I was brought out of my chemically induced sleep and was told what had happened and where I had been, I was determined to survive this nightmare, even though I had very little say, actually, no say in the matter, and had zero ammo to fight with," he wrote.
Friends, fans remember Lanegan
Fellow musicians and music lovers mourned Lanegan's death publicly. Peter Hook, co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, said Lanegan was a "lovely man" who "led a wild life that some of us could only dream of.""He leaves us with fantastic words and music!" Hook tweeted. "Thank god that through all of that he will live forever."
KEXP, a public radio station in Seattle that has long championed alternative artists, called Lanegan "a rare talent, a true vision and a dear friend of the station."
The band Garbage, which came up a few years after Lanegan's Screaming Trees, praised Lanegan's unique talents in a tweet.
"A very gifted artist blessed with honey dipped tones, gone far too soon," the band said.
Procol Harum Frontman Gary Brooker Dead at 76
The singer-songwriter and pianist co-wrote and sang the band’s 1967 classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale”
Kellya86
Herb Gardener.....
Absolute banger...
Baron23
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Music of my youth....and a GREAT song, IMO. This was back in the day before "rock" became homogenized and over produced and there were all sorts of very interesting and exploratory new music sounds coming out.
Whiter Shade of Pale would, IMO, never even make the charts today.
Baron23
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Loretta Swit, who was Hot Lips on the TV show vice the movie with Kellerman, said that they two of them were good friends and laughed at people thinking there was some sort of resentment between them and people always confusing one for the other.
Loretta Swit was in the television show of M.A.S.H. Sally Kellerman was in the movie.
Baron23
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Kellya86
Herb Gardener.....
Holy crap shane warne is dead... the cricketer.. not sure if americans know about cricket...
Heart attack at 52...
He liked a drink... i think all cricketers are piss heads...
Look at freddy flintoff...
I imagine he had his fair share of peruvian marching powder too...
Heart attack at 52...
He liked a drink... i think all cricketers are piss heads...
Look at freddy flintoff...
I imagine he had his fair share of peruvian marching powder too...
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