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Meat Loaf and country artist John Rich performing at Redneck Riviera, Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27, 2021. Getty Images
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Meat Loaf in 1970. The singer has died aged 74. Getty Images
Meat Loaf on the set of 1975 film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. Reuters
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The rock musician performing in 1977. Getty Images
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Meat Loaf, right, with English heavy metal musician Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as Lemmy, after the latter's performance at Wembley Arena in London in 1982. Getty Images
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Meat Loaf performing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1985. Redferns
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Meat Loaf performing during his Everything Louder Tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in July 1994. Getty Images
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Edward Norton and Meat Loaf in a scene from the 1999 cult classic 'Fight Club'.
Meat Loaf performing during his Very Best of Tour at Wembley Arena in London in 1999. Reuters
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Meat Loaf performing at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in February 2004 in Australia. Getty Images
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Meat Loaf, centre, joins the cast of the musical 'Bat Out of Hell' as a special guest, on Broadway in New York in August 2019. WireImage
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Meat Loaf and country artist John Rich performing at Redneck Riviera, Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27, 2021. Getty Images
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Meat Loaf in 1970. The singer has died aged 74. Getty Images
Meat Loaf on the set of 1975 film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. Reuters
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The rock musician performing in 1977. Getty Images
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Meat Loaf, right, with English heavy metal musician Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as Lemmy, after the latter's performance at Wembley Arena in London in 1982. Getty Images
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Meat Loaf performing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1985. Redferns
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Meat Loaf performing during his Everything Louder Tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in July 1994. Getty Images
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Edward Norton and Meat Loaf in a scene from the 1999 cult classic 'Fight Club'.
Meat Loaf performing during his Very Best of Tour at Wembley Arena in London in 1999. Reuters
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Meat Loaf performing at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in February 2004 in Australia. Getty Images
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Meat Loaf, centre, joins the cast of the musical 'Bat Out of Hell' as a special guest, on Broadway in New York in August 2019. WireImage
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Meat Loaf and country artist John Rich performing at Redneck Riviera, Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27, 2021. Getty Images
How much was Meat Loaf worth when he died?
Despite declaring bankruptcy in 1983, the 'Bat out of Hell' singer had a personal fortune of $40m
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