Sources have reportedly told TMZ the singer cancelled a business dinner for a new TV show he was due to be part of earlier this week after becoming 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 Covid.

In an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published last August, he also labelled face masks a "nuisance".

"I'm sorry, I understood stopping life for a little while, but they cannot continue to stop life because of politics," he told the outlet.