Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell singer, dead at 74

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Meat Loaf, the unlikely rock star who rose to fame in the 1970s on the strength of hits including “Paradise by the Dashboard Lights” and sold more than 100 million albums, has died at 74, his family said in a statement.

Although no cause of death has been released, TMZ reported that COVID-19 killed the singer, who had been a vocal critic of vaccine mandates.

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