1-21-2022
Meat Loaf dead at 74, reportedly had a
case of severe COVID.
The singer, actor, and performer Meat Loaf passed away late Thursday night, according to a post made by his family on his Facebook page. No official cause has been given.
The popular performer had a tough run of health problems over the last few years, but he was working on new material and touring since the the fall. According to an unconfirmed report from TMZ, the singer had canceled a “business dinner” earlier this week after catching COVID.
His “condition quickly became critical.”
Whether or not Meat Loaf, whose birth name was Marvin Lee Aday, was vaccinated is not known. However, Aday was a conservative, in 2012 endorsing then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and his social media presence included a lot of general conservative anti-mandate propaganda.
To be clear, his feed did not promote the kinds of anti-vaccine propaganda, anti-Fauci meme-ry of MAGA-insulated faktriots. Aday’s position seems to have been a more traditional, 2012 Mitt Romney-style conservative.
It is sad when anyone passes away, and Meat Loaf’s long history of acting and performing on stage will be well remembered by those who loved his work. Unfortunately, looking through Aday’s Facebook feed over the past year, one can see how the confusion and bubble effect of right-wing social media boogiemannery can offer up support for bad positions on public health policy.
In May, Aday posted this promotion of classic rock artists Eric Clapton and Van Morrison’s anti-lockdown song.
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