Jim Steinman, the Grammy-winning composer and songwriter behind hit records including Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell, as well as hits for Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler, has died aged 73.
The producer's brother Bill Steinman the Associated Press that his brother died on Monday from kidney failure after a long illness.
Meat Loaf, who scored his greatest successes with Steinman, paid tribute to him on social media with message: "Fly Jimmy Fly." Bonnie Tyler wrote that she was "absolutely devastated" by the news, adding that outside of music, Steinman "was also a funny, kind, supportive, and deeply caring human being. "The world is a better place for his life and his work and a worse one for his passing." Jim Steinman's biggest hits Launching
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