Editing Meat Loaf (section)

====Criticism of COVID-19 rules====
He was critical of the [[COVID-19 lockdowns]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], telling the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' in August 2021: "I hug people in the middle of COVID ... I understood stopping life for a little while, but they cannot continue to stop life because of politics." He opposed [[mask mandate]]s and described a person who called for people on airplanes to wear masks as a "[[Nazism|Nazi]]" and "power-mad." Meat Loaf then said: "If I die, I die, but I'm not going to be controlled."<ref>{{cite news |last=Mervis |first=Scott |title=Q&A with Meat Loaf: Unable to perform, the rocker pays a visit to Steel City Con |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2021/08/09/Meat-Loaf-Steel-City-Con-Pittsburgh-interview-Bat-Out-of-Hell-Jim-Steinman-2021/stories/202108090006 |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=August 9, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121235215/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2021/08/09/Meat-Loaf-Steel-City-Con-Pittsburgh-interview-Bat-Out-of-Hell-Jim-Steinman-2021/stories/202108090006 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Cummings |first=Tommy |date=January 21, 2022 |title=Meat Loaf, the Dallas-born 'Bat Out of Hell' rocker, dies at 74 |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-the-dallas-raised-bat-out-of-hell-rocker-dies-at-74/ |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232119/https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-the-dallas-raised-bat-out-of-hell-rocker-dies-at-74/ |url-status=live}}</ref> While no official cause of death has been announced, it is speculated that he did die of COVID-19.<ref>https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/meat-loaf-us-singer-dies-facebook-statement-b977966.html </ref>