Meat Loaf, frail and hunched over in pain, uses a cane and wheelchair to get around — and now fans fear the crippled rock legend is “dying in agony” after a secret stroke! At a London celebrity convention last month — where Meat Loaf charged $150 for an autograph and a photo — the “Bat Out of Hell” singer (left) arrived in a motorized cart and used a walking stick (right) to hobble around the event. Bent like an old man, the 70-year-old star told fans “he was trying to put a brave face on his pain,” The National ENQUIRER learned from a source. Read on for details of Meat Loaf’s struggles, and click here for more news of aging rockers….
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“He has lost loads of weight and looks like a shadow of his former self," the source said. "He admitted he was slowly dying in agony.”
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An eyewitness noted the right side of Meat Loaf’s face looked “fallen” and droopy. His speech was slurred — leading some fans to wonder if he’d suffered a stroke.
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Born Marvin Lee Aday, the once brawny five-foot-ten musician used to crush the scales at 310 pounds. He claims he’s suffered 18 concussions and cheated death countless times — including surviving a heart attack, vocal cysts and even plane and car crashes.
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At the London event the singer, whose first major exposure came as part of "
The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975) cast, assured spectators he’d “never quit,” adding “nothing has ever put me down.”
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But one fan fears the end is near for the “withered” star, who “leans on a walking stick like a pensioner. He hasn’t long left on this Earth.”
“He has lost loads of weight and looks like a shadow of his former self," the source said. "He admitted he was slowly dying in agony.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
An eyewitness noted the right side of Meat Loaf’s face looked “fallen” and droopy. His speech was slurred — leading some fans to wonder if he’d suffered a stroke.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Born Marvin Lee Aday, the once brawny five-foot-ten musician used to crush the scales at 310 pounds. He claims he’s suffered 18 concussions and cheated death countless times — including surviving a heart attack, vocal cysts and even plane and car crashes.
Photo credit: Getty Images
At the London event the singer, whose first major exposure came as part of "
The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975) cast, assured spectators he’d “never quit,” adding “nothing has ever put me down.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
But one fan fears the end is near for the “withered” star, who “leans on a walking stick like a pensioner. He hasn’t long left on this Earth.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
