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Chicago Sun-Times
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Hillel Italie | AP National Writer

Meat Loaf, singer of ‘Bat Out of Hell,’ ‘Paradise By the Dashboard Light,’ dies at 74

Rock star Meat Loaf appears on stage during the first concert of his tour through Germany in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Tuesday, June 12, 2007. The singer died on Thursday at the age of 74. | AP

NEW YORK — Meat Loaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise By the Dashboard Light,” “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” and “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That),” has died. He was 74.

The singer born Marvin Lee Aday died Thursday, according to a family statement provided by his longtime agent Michael Greene.

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