{"id":109220,"date":"2022-01-21T11:20:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T17:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109220"},"modified":"2022-01-21T11:21:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T17:21:10","slug":"rock-icon-meat-loaf-dead-at-74-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109220","title":{"rendered":"Rock Icon Meat Loaf Dead at 74 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109220\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109220\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-109221 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/download-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legendary singer and actor Meat Loaf passed away January 20, 2022, with his wife Deborah by his side. No cause of death was given. He was 74.<\/p>\n<p>Meat Loaf was born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947 in Dallas, Texas. He was known for his powerful, wide-range voice and theatrical live shows. Meat Loaf produced 12 studio albums, including his \u201cBat Out of Hell\u201d trilogy- \u201cBat Out of Hell\u201d, \u201cBat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell\u201d and \u201cBat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose\u201d, and released 39 singles including \u201c\u201dWhat You See is What You Get\u201d, \u201cYou Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth\u201d, \u201cTwo Out of Three Ain\u2019t Bad\u201d, \u201cParadise By the Dashboard Light\u201d, \u201cRead \u2018Em and Weep\u201d, and \u201cI\u2019d Do Anything for Love (But I Won\u2019t Do That\u201d). <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As an actor, Meat Loaf was cast as Eddie and Dr. Everett Scott in the 1973 L.A. Roxy cast of \u201cThe Rocky Horror Show\u201d. The success of the musical stage show led to the filming of the cult classic film THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) in which Meat Loaf was cast as Eddie, and co-starred opposite film legends Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon. Meat Loaf\u2019s additional film and television credits include THE EQUALIZER (1985-1989), WAYNE\u2019S WORLD (1992), TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1989-1996), THE GUN IN BETTY LOU\u2019S HANDBAG (1992), NASH BRIDGES (1996-2001), FIGHT CLUB (1999), HOUSE (2004-2012), MONK (2002-2009), GLEE (2009-2015), and ELEMENTARY (2012-2019).<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Meat Loaf\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Legendary singer and actor Meat Loaf passed away January 20, 2022, with his wife Deborah by his side. No cause of death was given. He was 74. Meat Loaf was born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947 in Dallas, Texas. He was known for his powerful, wide-range voice and theatrical live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[28098],"class_list":["post-109220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-rock-icon-meat-loaf-dead-at-74-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109220"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}