Songwriter was behind hits like “Bat Out of Hell” and “Total Eclipse of the Heart” Brian Welk | April 20, 2021 @ 11:39 AM Getty Images Jim Steinman, a composer, lyricist and songwriter known for writing rock and pop hits and working with artists like Meat Loaf on “Bat Out of Hell” and Celine Dion, has died. He was 73. Steinman’s death was confirmed by the Connecticut state medical examiner’s office, though no cause of death was given as the office did not take jurisdiction. During his decades-long career, Steinman created such No. 1 hits as Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero,” “Making Love Out of Nothing at All” by Air Supply, Meat Loaf’s “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” and Celine Dion’s cover of “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.”