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0 Meat Loaf‘s daughters Amanda and Pearl Aday took to Instagram this weekend to honor their father on the one-year anniversary of his passing.
In an Instagram post, the sisters announced they released a 35-minute film with Jack Bennett titled Meat Loaf: A Celebration of Life, in tribute to the late singer and actor, who died January 20, 2022 at the age of 74.
‘We are sending our deepest thanks and admiration out to Dad’s worldwide family of friends and fans for your continuous outpouring of love and support,’ the sisters said of their father, whose real name is Michael Aday. ‘Today marks one year since we had to say goodbye to our dad for the final time.’
Tribute: Meat Loaf’s daughters Amanda and Pearl Aday took to Instagram this weekend to honor their father on the one-year anniversary of his passing. He was pictured onstage in Australia in 2004
They said their film ‘is a celebration of Dad’s life and legacy, an acknowledgment of the man he was on and off the stage … not just the performer but the boss, the mentor, the friend, the husband, the godfather, the grandpa “Papa Meat,” and the father.
‘The dad who gave us love and generosity, who taught us and teased us. The dad who laughed and cried with us, who taught us how to catch a ball and ride a bicycle, who celebrated our victories and picked us up when we fell down.’
They continued: ‘The man who was a big kid himself. The man who taught us tenacity and the value of respect. Our Dad. The man we miss every day.’
The sisters said they were ‘grateful to share this retrospective with career highlights and private moments from our personal archives that haven’t been shared before,’ adding, ‘We thank you for celebrating Dad, and we thank you for loving him with us.’
In an Instagram post, the sisters announced they released a 35-minute film with Jack Bennett titled Meat Loaf: A Celebration of Life, in tribute to the late singer and actor
The famed entertainer, who died January 20, 2022 at the age of 74, was pictured in Australia in 2011
‘We hope you cry with us and laugh with us, and afterwards, we hope you blast your favorite Meat Loaf songs and sing along as loud as you can. He’s definitely listening.’
The sisters ended the message in saying, ‘Never, ever stop ROCKING,’ and telling fans that his favorite charity was The Painted Turtle, a camp for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses that was founded by the late Paul Newman.
The short film includes sides of the personal and professional life of the vocalist, known for hits such as Paradise by the Dashboard Light and I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That).
Meat Loaf was seen onstage during his March 1978 Bat Out of Hell tour
The Paradise by the Dashboard Light artist was pictured in April of 1978
Queen member Brian May said in the film, ‘I had the most incredible times with Meat. I used to call him Mr. Loaf, and he didn’t seem to mind. I got up with him, he got up with us, and we did some amazing fun things together.
‘This great bear of a man … but privately such a little boy, such a young boy who didn’t want to grow up and never did. Bless him. And I think that’s why we all loved him so much. I miss you, Meat.’
In the wake of Meat Loaf’s passing, his daughter Amanda called her late dad a ‘complex man with a lot of passion, who wore his heart on his sleeve.’
She recalled of her father to People, ‘Growing up, when we were little, he always said he never wanted to be hip. Pearl and I would want a new pair of shoes or something, whatever was in trend, fashion-wise or whatever, and he’d always say, “Don’t be trendy. Don’t be hip. Be cool, because cool is always.” And that was him.’
Source: | Dailymail.co.uk
