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Jim Steinman, composer for Meat Loaf, Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler, dies
Jim Steinman, the Grammy-winning composer who wrote Meat Loaf’s best-selling Bat Out Of Hell debut album as well as hits for Celine Dion, Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler, has died aged 73.
Key points:
- Jim Steinman worked on all three of Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell albumns
- He also wrote Bonnie Tyler’s hit song Total Eclipse of the Heart
- While Tyler’s song was number one, Steinman also had the number two hit, Air Supply’s Making Love Out of Nothing at All
He died on Monday in Connecticut near his home in Ridgefield from kidney failure and had been ill for some time, his brother Bill Steinman said.
“I miss him a great deal already,” Bill Steinman said.
Jim Steinman was born on November 1, 1947, in New York City. He got his start in musical…
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