Mourning for Meat Loaf: Stars like Cher and Boy George say goodbye

The death of music legend and multi-talent Meat Loaf (1947-2022) has sparked a wave of grief on social media. Music greats like Cher (75) and Boy George (60) bid farewell to the US rock musician, who celebrated his big breakthrough in the 1990s with his rock ballad “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”.

“Had so much fun with Meat Loaf when we did ‘Dead Ringer’,” on their 1981 song “Dead Ringer for Love.” “I’m so sorry for his family, friends, and fans. I make it up or amazing people die in art every other day?!” the singer concludes.

“Rest in peace Meat Loaf. Love and prayers to his family and all his friends. He once turned me on my head in a Chinese restaurant in St. Johns Wood.”

British screenwriter and actor Stephen Fry, 64, credits the late singer with “a rare ability” to be “simultaneously terrifying and endearing” in a sketch he performed with Meat Loaf on Saturday Live.

The British presenter Piers Morgan (56) as “talented, extravagant, funny, outrageous and rebellious chameleon”.

German stars also mourn

And in Germany, too, the death of the US musician causes grief. “It breaks our hearts”, entertainer Simon Gosejohann (46) has “always liked Meat Loaf”: “Take care, you hearty warhorse”,

Meanwhile, a longer post on behalf of his family also came out: “We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we navigate this time of grief that we have lost such an inspiring artist and beautiful man,” it said. We thank you for your understanding and ask for privacy. “From his heart to your souls… never stop rocking!”