Meat Loaf, the singer whose Bat Out Of Hell album is one of the best-selling of all time, has died at the age of 74.The information was confirmed on the star’s Facebook web page by his family.

“Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side,” a message read.

The celebrity bought one hundred million albums international and also appeared in films like Fight Club, the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Wayne’s World.

Written and produced by Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums in history, selling up 14 million units sold in the U.S. alone. Worldwide sales estimates go as high as 30 million. Its U.S. singles “Two of Three Ain’t Bad” and “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” peaked at No. 11 and No. 39, respectively, but both were certified platinum four decades later in 2018.

“Paradise by the Dashboard Light” — a duet with Ellen Foley, who went on to star in Season 1 of Night Court — famously features longtime New York Yankees announcer “calling the action” as the teenage narrator makes a move on his girlfriend. Bat Out of Hell also was a hit overseas, spending more than 10 years on the UK album chart despite peaking at No. 9. It remains among the 20 best-sellers of all time there.

Born on September 27, 1947, in Dallas, he was once a high school soccer player before relocating to New York City in the late 1960s, the place he commenced landing roles on the stage. He appeared in the Broad way musical Hair and would return to the huge stage to play Eddie and Dr. Scott in The Rocky Horror Show in 1975 and had a quick run in Rockabye Hamlet the following year. Last year, Meat Loaf sealed a deal to develop a relationship competition series based on “I’d Do Anything for Love. He was executive producer on the project and was set to appear as, per the logline, the ethereal figure behind the madness who would pull the strings in the show.

Some famous quotes by him are:

  • Rock n’ Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift out of it, to take them away. That’s what rock n’ roll should do – take you to a better place.
  • We carry the flame for all to see, the fire and passion of what we can be.
  • I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That’s my role in life, to be an outcast.
  • The angels had guitars before they had wings.
  • I know you’re looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks, but there ain’t no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack Box.
  • Who am I, why am I here? Forget the question, someone give me another beer.
  • Dreams they come and go, but thoughts like love will always grow.
  • I know you’re looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks, but there ain’t no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack Box.
  • Some days it don’t come easy,Some days it don’t come hard,Some days it don’t come at all
  • And these are the days that never end
  • A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.