MEAT Loaf said he was "scared to death" of Covid but would "rather die" than face lockdown - just months before reportedly dying from the virus.
The singing sensation, 74, passed away on Thursday night after it's reported he cancelled a business dinner earlier this week as he fell "seriously ill" with Covid.
It is unclear whether Meat Loaf was vaccinated - but just months before his death he declared "if I die, I die - I'm not going to be controlled" when discussing the virus.
In the same interview - published in August last year after people worldwide had endured months of draconian rules and lockdowns - Meat Loaf, who suffered from asthma, also labelled face masks a "nuisance" and said he was happy to "hug people in the middle of Covid". "You're not afraid (of Covid)?," a reporter from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette asked the rocker.
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