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iancmceachern
His name was Robert Paulson.
sokoloff
That was a character he played in Fight Club. His given name was Michael Lee Aday.
nate_meurer
It was a direct fucking quote from the movie.
thih9
This is a movie reference, Meat Loaf played Bob Paulson in Fight Club.
j4yav
Definitely had a unique voice and style. I discovered him through Rocky Horror and always appreciated how he seemed to make exactly the kind of music he wanted and didn’t care what anyone thought or what was popular at the time.
rasz
Apparently died of COVID-19, but you cant google that.
nokita
Where did you see anything about the cause of death?
St_Alfonzo
In an April '21 Interview he more or less prefigured his death:

"After he [Jim Steinman] died, his nurse, Mary Beth, left me a message saying how much he loved me. She said I was the one person he needed more than anyone else in his life. I don’t want to die, but I may die this year because of Jim. I’m always with him and he’s right here with me now. I’ve always been with Jim and Jim has always been with me."

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-reme...

wodenokoto
I always thought he was best known for "I would do anything for love", but seeing that Bat out of Hell is just shy of being a top 20 all time selling album in the US, I can see I might be wrong on that assumption.
rvieira
Textbook frequency illusion.

I just rewatched "Fight Club" a few days ago and was thinking "I just saw a movie with him recently!"