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MEAT LOAF WAS ANTI-VACCINE MANDATE, REPORTEDLY SERIOUSLY ILL WITH COVID BEFORE
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January 21, 2022 2:54pm
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Meat Loaf was ‘seriously ill’ with COVID days before his death: report
Meat Loaf was ‘seriously ill’ with COVID days before his death: report
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MORE ON: MEAT LOAF
* MEAT LOAF’S DEATH HAS BEEN USED AS ‘POLITICAL TOOL’ IN COVID CULTURE WAR,
FRIEND CLAIMS
* MEAT LOAF BLAMED CHINA FOR COVID, UNABLE TO FINISH SONG IN ONE OF FINAL
VIDEOS BEFORE HIS DEATH
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The late rocker Meat Loaf was outspokenly anti-vaccine mandate and anti-mask
before his death — once telling a reporter, “If I die, I die, but I’m not going
to be controlled,” according to reports Friday.
The 74-year-old “Bat Out of Hell” singer — who was reportedly critically ill
with COVID-19 before he passed away Thursday — was opposed to pandemic
restrictions, slamming lockdowns and mask mandates during an interview last
summer.
The Grammy Award-winning musician, whose real name was Marvin Lee Aday, also
railed against vaccine mandates in Australia, sources told TMZ.
Meat Loaf, who struggled with asthma and other health conditions, told the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in August he considered lockdowns “political” and masks
“useless” before offering reporter Scott Mervins an embrace.
“I’m happy to give you a hug. I hug people in the middle of COVID,” Meat Loaf
said, adding that he refused to live life in fear.
Meat Loaf was reportedly anti-vaccine mandate and anti-mask before his
death.Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images The singer said he did not want to be
“controlled” before his COVID-related death.AP
“I’m sorry, I understood stopping life for a little while, but they cannot
continue to stop life because of politics. And right now they’re stopping
because of politics,” he said.
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“And on CNN last night, it finally came out that the masks we’re all wearing are
useless. But I’ve known that for six months. They don’t do anything. They don’t
stop you from getting COVID. They’re just a nuisance and make your nose itch and
make it so you can’t breathe.”
He added, “If I die, I die, but I’m not going to be controlled.”
The rocker’s official cause of death wasn’t immediately known Friday. He had not
said publicly whether he had been vaccinated for COVID-19.
The “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” singer also suffered from a back injury in
November, which played a role in his declining health.
Meat Loaf won a Grammy for the 1993 hit “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t
Do That),” which soared to number one on the charts in more than two dozen
countries.
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