Meat Loaf, the bombastic singer and actor whose “Bat Out of Hell” album was one of the best-selling records of all time, passed away Thursday night at the age of 74.
Rise to Prominence: Born Marvin Lee Aday on Sept. 27, 1947, he claimed he received his stage name as a heavy-set eighth-grade football player, recalling, "I stepped on a coach's foot, and he screamed, 'Get off my foot you hunk of meatloaf!'"
