Stars like Cher, Brian May and Bonnie Tyler paid tribute to rock singer Meat Loaf, who died at the age of 74.
Cher, who duetted with him on the track Dead Ringer for Love in 1981, recalls having "so much fun" with him.
Queen guitarist Brian May, who also worked with Meat Loaf, said he was "completely gutted."
He wrote on Instagram, "Always full of madness, with the innocent sense of naughtiness of a five year old, Meat was forever young."
Meat Loaf's best-known album, the bombastic Bat Out Of Hell, remains one of the best-selling albums of all time.
The star sold 100 million albums worldwide in total and also starred in movies like Fight Club, the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Wayne's World.
He was also known for hits like I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) and Dead Ringer For Love.
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The news of his death was confirmed on the star's Facebook page by his family.
"We know how important he was to many of you and we truly appreciate all the love and support you are showing us as we go through this time of grief losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man," their message reads.
Bonnie Tyler, who released an album with Meat Loaf in 1989, said he was "a larger-than-life character with a voice and stage presence to match, and that he was one of those rare people whose talent and personality were truly unique."
Adam Lambert, the current frontman of the band Queen, remembered him as "a rock star with a heart, forever and ever."
Another rocker, Alice Cooper, also paid tribute to him, saying, "Meat Loaf was one of the greatest voices in rock 'n' roll, and he was certainly one of my closest friends in the business.
"There was no one, and I mean no one like Meat Loaf," he added. "His shoes could never be filled."
Theater composer Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote, "The vaults of heaven will ring with rock. RIP Meatloaf."
British singer Lorraine Crosby, who sang on I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That), told BBC News he was "a great man" who was "very generous with everything."
The star was "larger than life" and "had a temper," she said, but added: "He wouldn't fall out with you for long. He would say what he had to say, and everything was fine the next day."
The Dallas-born singer was born Marvin Lee Aday but is also known as Michael, and got his nickname when his father said he was red as meat at birth, before a high school soccer coach added the "loaf."
In addition to the Bat Out Of Hell trilogy, he released a series of other albums in the late 1970s and 1980s, including Dead Ringer and Midnight at the Lost and Found.
In the 90s, I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) was the best-selling single in the UK in 1993 and won him a Grammy Award.
On screen, he played Eddie in the musical film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), was the bouncer Tiny in Wayne's World (1992) and appeared alongside Brad Pitt as bodybuilder Robert Paulsen in Fight Club (1999).