LONDON (Reuters) – Meat Loaf, the U.S. rock star whose debut “Bat Out of Hell” became one of the best-selling albums of all time, has died aged 74. Here are reactions from fellow entertainers and others.
AMERICAN SINGER CHER:
“Had So Much Fun With Meatloaf When We Did ‘Dead Ringer’. Am Very Sorry For His Family, Friends & Fans. Am I imagining It, or Are Amazing Ppl In The Arts Dying every other Day!?”
BRITISH SINGER BOY GEORGE READING:
“R.I.P Meatloaf. Love and prayers to all his family and close friends. He once turned me upside down in a Chinese Restaurant in St Johns Wood.”
BRITISH WRITER AND ACTOR STEPHEN FRY:
“I hope paradise is as you remember it from the dashboard light, Meat Loaf. He had the quality of being simultaneously frightening and cuddly.”
BRITISH PRODUCER PETE WATERMAN:
“It was his voice – you knew what you got with Meat Loaf. It was 100 per cent of everything.”
BRITISH COMPOSER ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER:
“The vaults of heaven will be ringing with rock. RIP Meatloaf.”
FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
“Meat Loaf was a great guy — got to know him very well doing Celebrity Apprentice,” he said in a statement, referring to the reality TV show Trump hosted. “He was smart, talented, open, and warm.”
(Reporting by Reuters bureaux, Editing by Angus MacSwan)
