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Meat Loaf honored by Randy Travis following his death: ‘Heaven rejoices and Earth weeps’
Randy Travis is the newest superstar buddy to pay tribute to the late rocker Meat Loaf following his loss of life at age 74.
A consultant confirmed on his Fb web page Friday that the “I Would Do Something For Love” singer had died surrounded by his household. No explanation for loss of life has but been revealed.
“Our hearts are damaged to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf handed away tonight together with his wife Deborah by his aspect. Daughters Pearl and Amanda and shut buddies have been with him all through the final 24 hours,” the assertion reads
The singer’s profession spanned six a long time and he was in dozens of flicks, together with “Black Canine” alongside Travis and Patrick Swayze. In a press release to Fox Information Digital, Travis eulogized his late co-star and buddy shortly after discovering out about his passing.
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Randy Travis paid tribute to Meat Loaf following his loss of life at age 74.
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“The information of, Marvin ‘Meat Loaf’ Aday’s, passing introduced me disappointment; however, it additionally gave me a reminiscent smile as I believed in regards to the exuberance with which he lived his life,” the singer stated in a written assertion. “It wasn’t attainable to half Meat Loaf’s firm and not using a spring in your step and a tune in your coronary heart—my ‘Black Canine’ days on set with him, and Patrick Swayze, stay a few of my most cherished.”
He added: “Once we bumped into one another through the years, within the music world or the film realm, I felt I simply frolicked with an outdated buddy—he by no means modified. His cup wasn’t half full or half empty, it was crammed to the brim; and, his shy demeanor in social arenas was definitely overshadowed when he was in entrance of the digicam, or on his stage!”
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Musician Meat Loaf died on the age of 74 on Jan. 20.
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“Black Canine” targeted on an ex-convict truck driver with a suspended license who agrees to go on one final illicit journey solely to find the job could also be extra harmful to himself and his household than he realized.
Travis concluded his ideas by noting that his ideas are with Meat Loaf’s wife and daughters, Pearl and Amanda as they “transfer by this time when Heaven rejoices and Earth weeps.”
“God bless you and hold you—thanks for sharing him with us,” Travis concluded.
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Meat Loaf speaks to the gang on the launch for Jim Steinman’s ‘Bat Out of Hell The Musical’ on the London Coliseum on St Martin’s Lane on Nov. 3, 2016 in London. The rocker has reportedly reduce a stunt from the present for his U.S. performances.
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The nation singer joins the myriad of celebrities who got here ahead to eulogize Meat Loaf publicly shortly after information of his loss of life was confirmed. Former co-stars akin to Edward Norton, Cher and Tia Carrere all spoke out about his loss of life to honor him for being humorous, inventive and, as Norton put it “heat to everybody.”
Meat Loaf’s different noteworthy film roles embody “The Rocky Horror Image Present,” “Battle Membership” and “Wayne’s World.”
