Meat Loaf (left) and Louise Anderson entertained tens of thousands of Las Vegas visitors during their careers. Both entertainers died this week. (Image: Getty\/Casino.org<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMeat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, died yesterday in Dallas, Texas. Reports have surfaced that the 74-year-old died from complications of COVID-19, but no official cause of death has been confirmed.<\/p>\n
Anderson, 68, died at a Las Vegas hospital from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the same disease that took the life of Las Vegas casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson in early 2021.<\/p>\n
This has already been a difficult year for celebrity losses. Along with Meat Loaf and Louie Anderson, Bob Saget died in the first month of the year.<\/p>\n
Meat Loaf in Las Vegas<\/b><\/h2>\n
Meat Loaf garnered his nickname during his youth because of his excessive weight. Aday embraced the name during his high school football days and carried it on to his entertainment career.<\/p>\n
Meat Loaf rose to singing fame in 1977 with the release of Bat Out of Hell<\/em>, an album that went to No. 14 on the Billboard 200. He became a household name, however, in 1993 with Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell<\/em>.<\/p>\nThe second Bat Out of Hell<\/em>\u00a0album featured the track “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That),” which would be Meat Loaf’s first and last Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper.<\/strong><\/p>\nMeat Loaf’s mass appeal took him around the world touring. Following his commercial music success, his celebrity notoriety landed him several television gigs and special appearances, including on South Park, Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, <\/em>and Glee.<\/em> Meat Loaf additionally finished third on the 11th season of The Celebrity Apprentice<\/em>\u00a0in 2011.<\/p>\n