Editing Meat Loaf (section)

===Family and residences===
[[File:Meat Loaf (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Meat Loaf being interviewed in 2009]]
In December 1978, Meat Loaf went to work with Steinman in [[Woodstock, New York]], where his future wife, Leslie G. Edmonds, was working as a secretary at [[Bearsville Studios]];<ref name=Spoofing/> they were married in early 1979. From a previous marriage, Leslie had a daughter named [[Pearl Aday|Pearl]], who later married [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] rhythm guitarist [[Scott Ian]]. Meat Loaf adopted Pearl in 1979, and her last name was changed to Aday.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://loudwire.com/scott-ian-meat-loaf-tribute-father-in-law-anthrax/ |title=Anthrax's Scott Ian Pays Tribute to His Father-in-Law Meat Loaf |first=Phillip |last=Trapp |work=[[Loudwire]] |date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> Also in 1979, he and his family moved to a house on Eagle Drive in [[Stamford, Connecticut]]. In 1981, Leslie gave birth to [[Amanda Aday]], later a television actress.<ref name=sagoml>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Meat-Loaf-back-in-Connecticut-for-Mohegan-Sun-567377.php |last=Spillane |first=Sean |title=Meat Loaf: Not done yet and back in Connecticut for Mohegan Sun concert |work=[[Connecticut Post]] |date=July 6, 2010}}</ref> For a brief time after Amanda's birth, they lived in [[Westport, Connecticut]]. He coached children's baseball or softball in each of the Connecticut towns where he lived, including for his daughter's team at [[Joel Barlow High School]].<ref name=sagoml/> He lived on Orchard Drive in [[Redding, Connecticut]], from 1989 to 1998. He had also lived on Beach Road in [[Fairfield, Connecticut]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Rock-icon-Meat-Loaf-has-deep-Connecticut-8287775.php |title=Rock icon Meat Loaf had deep Connecticut connections |first=Jim |last=Shay |work=[[Connecticut Post]] |date=June 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wfsb.com/news/iconic-rocker-meat-loaf-had-deep-connecticut-ties/article_ccb14096-7abf-11ec-9bad-2786614fd70b.html |title=Iconic rocker Meat Loaf had deep Connecticut ties |first=Rob |last=Polansky |work=[[WFSB]] |date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> In February 1998, the family purchased a house in [[Beverly Hills, California]] for $1.6 million.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-22-re-21743-story.html |title=$60,000/Mo. OK for 'Nutty Prof' |first=Ruth |last=Ryon |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 22, 1998 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Meat Loaf and Leslie divorced in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/banger-and-mashed-20040220-gdie0y.html |title=Banger and Mashed |date=February 20, 2004 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |archive-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829082956/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/19/1077072772374.html?from=storyrhs |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2001, he sold his 5,083-square-foot house in [[Mandeville Canyon]] near Los Angeles to [[Greg Kinnear]] for $3.6 million.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dirt.com/entertainers/actors/greg-kinnear-los-angeles-house-1203339009/ |title=Greg Kinnear Lists Meat Loaf's Former Mandeville Canyon Crib |first=Mark |last=David |work=Dirt.com |date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> In 2003, the [[BBC]] said that he was seeking a residence in [[Hartlepool]]; Meat Loaf supported [[Hartlepool United F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/2936262.stm |title=Meat Loaf heads for Hartlepool |work=[[BBC News]] |date=May 25, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116022531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/2936262.stm |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2005, he purchased a 7,142-square-foot Spanish-style home off [[Mulholland Highway]] in [[Calabasas, California]], for $2,999,000;<ref>{{cite news |title=At Home with Meat Loaf |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/meatloaf-slideshow |first=Nancy |last=Collins |work=[[Architectural Digest]] |date=April 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823154216/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/meatloaf-slideshow |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> he sold it for $3,065,000 in May 2011.<ref name="moves" />

Meat Loaf married Deborah Gillespie in 2007. In May 2012, he moved to [[Austin, Texas]], purchasing a newly constructed 5,200-square-foot house at 17701 Flagler Drive for $1,475,000.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://archive.curbed.com/2012/5/30/10366912/do-not-bring-meatloaf-to-meat-loafs-housewarming-party |title=Do Not Bring Meatloaf to Meat Loaf's Housewarming Party |first=Nick |last=Leighton |work=[[Curbed]] |date=May 30, 2012}}</ref><ref name=moves>{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/meat-loaf-moves-to-texas-1201233502/ |title=Meat Loaf Moves to Texas |first=Mark |last=David |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=May 29, 2012 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124132242/https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/meat-loaf-moves-to-texas-1201233502/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Before his death, he lived in [[Brentwood, Tennessee]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2022/01/22/meat-loaf-lived-very-rock-star-life-says-pal-laments-deaths-covid-controversy/ |title=Meat Loaf's death has been used as 'political tool' in COVID culture war, friend claims |first1=Marjorie |last1=Hernandez |first2=Dana |last2=Kennedy |first3=Kerry J. |last3=Byrne |work=[[New York Post]] |date=January 22, 2022 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124001033/https://nypost.com/2022/01/22/meat-loaf-lived-very-rock-star-life-says-pal-laments-deaths-covid-controversy/ |url-status=live}}</ref>