Rock legend Meat Loaf has passed away aged 74 surrounded by his family, with mourning fans wanting to know more about his children. The music industry has been shaken by the death of Meat Loaf on 20 January 2022, a rock icon known for classic numbers such as I’d Do Anything For Love.
Tributes abound on social media, while fans decorate their cars with posters of Bat Out Of Hell and blast the mega-album from the windows in memory of Meat Loaf. The family’s official Facebook post read: “Our hearts are broken to inform you that incomparable Meat Loaf departed tonight. We understand how much he meant to so many of you, and we appreciate all of your love and support as we go through this difficult time.”
He was found dead in his Las Vegas home on December 14, 2010. He is survived by wife Deborah and children Pearl and Amanda. The cause of his death has yet to be announced.
Meet Meat Loaf’s children
Pearl Aday
Meat Loaf’s ex-wife, Leslie G. Edmonds, gave birth to Pearl Aday on April 15, 1975 in Woodstock, New York. Meat Loaf’s first wife was the mother of Pearl Aday (Pearl Maria Edmonds). Her biological father was a member of Janis Joplin’s Full Tilt Boogie band. After her mother married Meat Loaf, the South African rock star took on his daughter Pearl as her last name. She studied creative writing at Emerson College in Massachusetts, but shortly afterwards she began pursuing a music career.
She went to college on a semester’s leave, during which she toured with her father in his 1994 Bat Out Of Hell II summer shows as a background singer. She joined her father’s touring ensemble, the Neverland Express, for nine years afterward. Pearl has also worked on numerous Meat Loaf recordings, tours, and television appearances. You can hear her on the track Man of Steel from the album Couldn’t Have Said It Better.
In addition to her work as a solo artist, she has collaborated with other musicians, including Filter and Mötley Crüe. She is now the lead vocalist of Pearl.
Aday is married to Scott Ian, the founder of metal band Anthrax. The pair first met 22 years ago and married in a Nevada chapel on January 15, 2011, with Pearl pregnant at the time. Rev was born several months after the wedding because Pearl was pregnant.
Amanda Aday
On January 21, 1981, Leslie Edmonds and Meat Loaf welcomed their second daughter, Amanda, who is now 41 years old. Aday was born and raised in New York City and studied theatre at California Institute of the Arts before entering show business.
Amanda has also been active in the Hollywood crossover industry, appearing as actress and director. Her best-known role is Dora Mae Dreifuss in HBO’s Carnivàle, which she played in the first season in 2003. Amanda has appeared in more than 16 movies on IMDB.
In 2020, she launched the YouTube channel All Access Eats, although Amanda seems to be more active on Instagram.
Fans remember Meat Loaf
The death of Meat Loaf has devastated fans all around the world. Here’s a sample of some of the online tributes, with I’d Do Anything For Love memes paying homage to the singer.