Editing Meat Loaf (section)

===Health===
[[File:Meat Loaf - German Comic Con Preview 2019.jpg|thumb|Meat Loaf - German Comic Con Preview 2019]]
In 2003, Meat Loaf was diagnosed with [[Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome]], a condition marked by an extra electrical pathway in the heart that causes symptoms like a rapid heartbeat.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dansby |first=Andrew |title=Meat Loaf Has Heart Surgery |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-has-heart-surgery-248156/ |date=December 25, 2003 |url-access=limited |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121155349/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-has-heart-surgery-248156/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf had [[asthma]] and, in July 2011, he fainted on stage while performing in [[Pittsburgh]] due to an [[asthma attack]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/meat-loaf-collapses-on-stage-in-pittsburgh-then-finishes-concert-/news-story/0d5a30bf14743b0305a4cab6ff38dbe6 |title=Meat Loaf 'collapses on stage in Pittsburgh then finishes concert' |work=[[News.com.au]] |date=July 30, 2011 |archive-date=June 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619061846/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/meat-loaf-collapses-on-stage-in-pittsburgh-then-finishes-concert/story-e6frfn09-1226104895129 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=china>{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-couldnt-sing-after-endoscopy-months-before-death/ |title=Meat Loaf blamed China for COVID, revealed he couldn't sing months before death |first=Natalie |last=O'Neill |work=[[New York Post]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213320/https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-couldnt-sing-after-endoscopy-months-before-death/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/meat-loaf-12-1277681 |title=Meat Loaf collapses onstage after suffering 'asthma attack' – video |work=[[NME]] |date=July 31, 2011}}</ref>

He collapsed again while on stage in [[Edmonton]] in June 2016 due to severe dehydration, after having already canceled two other shows due to illness.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lamoureux |first=Mack |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/meatloaf-medical-emergency-edmonton-show-1.3639880 |title=Meat Loaf collapses onstage in Edmonton |work=[[CBC News]] |date=June 16, 2016 |archive-date=June 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617113406/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/meatloaf-medical-emergency-edmonton-show-1.3639880 |url-status=live}}</ref> The playback containing his pre-recorded, voice-over vocal track continued while he lay unconscious on the stage, which caused controversy over [[lip sync]]ing, claims that Meat Loaf denied, saying that his mic was live.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/meat-loaf-tells-rolling-stone-about-stage-collapse-in-edmonton-1.3695660 |title=Meat Loaf tells Rolling Stone about stage collapse in Edmonton |work=[[CBC News]] |date=July 26, 2016 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213325/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/meat-loaf-tells-rolling-stone-about-stage-collapse-in-edmonton-1.3695660 |url-status=live}}</ref> After the incident, Meat Loaf used [[acupuncture]], [[physical therapy]] and a trainer for four days a week, an hour and a half each session.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/meat-loaf-s-strict-health-regime-after-collapsing-on-stage |title=Meat Loaf's strict health regime after collapsing on stage |first=Stef |last=Lach |work=[[Loudersound.com]] |date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> Meat Loaf had emergency back surgery in November 2016 including a [[spinal fusion]] due to a [[cyst]] that was pinching nerves, and in 2019, he was using a cane and a wheelchair to get around.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1553577/meat-loaf-dead-health-conditions-evg |title=Meat Loaf dead: Inside 'Bat Out of Hell' singer's emergency back surgery |first=MIRANDA |last=SLADE |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123204413/https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1553577/meat-loaf-dead-health-conditions-evg |url-status=live}}</ref>

At the 2019 [[Texas Frightmare Weekend]] at the [[Hyatt]] Regency DFW hotel, Meat Loaf fell off an interview stage and broke his [[clavicle]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Sam |title=Meat Loaf reportedly breaks collarbone after falling off stage |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/meat-loaf-reportedly-suffers-broken-collarbone-falling-off-stage-2484987 |work=[[NME]] |date=May 7, 2019 |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226181959/https://www.nme.com/news/music/meat-loaf-reportedly-suffers-broken-collarbone-falling-off-stage-2484987 |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf and his wife sued Texas Frightmare Weekend and Hyatt due to the accident.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/meatloaf-hyatt.pdf |title=Michael Lee Aday and Deborah Lee Gillespie Aday, Plaintiffs, vs. Hyatt Corporation d/b/a Hyatt Regency DFW; and Texas Frightmare Weekend, LLC, Defendants |date=January 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/meat-loaf-entertainment-texas-lawsuits-dallas-b6fa1b21aa293fde922a78ddaeb25b06 |title=Meat Loaf sues hotel, blaming negligence for disabling fall |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 14, 2020}}</ref>