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re: Meat Loaf has died.
Last Edit: writerkev 06:04 am EST 01/21/22
Posted by: writerkev 06:03 am EST 01/21/22
In reply to: re: Meat Loaf has died. - writerkev 05:52 am EST 01/21/22

Actually it seems we’re both wrong, and this is a bit of an urban myth. The Q&A with a Times copy editor here discusses it (you have to scroll way down in the article to find the reference).

Seems “Mr. Loaf” was in a headline of a movie review by Stephen Holden, but it was phrased as a tongue-in-cheek question.
Link NY Times copy editing
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And now there's a whole new NYT piece about it
Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 04:32 pm EST 01/21/22
In reply to: re: Meat Loaf has died. - writerkev 06:03 am EST 01/21/22

As fans of the rock singer Meat Loaf woke up Friday to news of his death, one small question — trivial, really, in the context of a grand career — surfaced again.

Did The Times really call him “Mr. Loaf” in its pages? Let us explain...
Link No, We Didn’t Call Him ‘Mr. Loaf.’ (Mostly.)
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Thanks for the clarification (NM)
Posted by: TheHarveyBoy 09:40 am EST 01/21/22
In reply to: re: Meat Loaf has died. - writerkev 06:03 am EST 01/21/22

Thanks!
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