JIM STEINMAN
November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021
Following the death of Jim Steinman, at the age of 73, having succumbed to kidney failure at a hospital in Connecticut, Meat Loaf has led the many tributes to the Grammywinning songwriter and eccentric genius behind his classic 1977 album Bat Out Of Hell. “We belonged heart and soul to each other,” an emotional Meat Loaf told Rolling Stone, of their sometimes difficult yet immensely successful relationship that spanned five decades. “We didn’t [simply] know each other. We were each other.”
A “devastated” Bonnie Tyler paid tribute to her “friend and musical mentor”, declaring him a “true genius”. “He was also a funny, kind, supportive and deeply caring human being, and the world is a better place for his life and his work and a worse one for his passing,” she added.
Celine Dion said it was “one of the greatest privileges” of her career to have worked with Steinman.
Meat Loaf and Steinman had a
