Meat Loaf cheats death

Singer Meat Loaf spoke about his dramatic on-stage collapse and heart surgery today, and admitted: "I cheated death."

The heavyweight rock star was diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart
condition after collapsing in the middle of a concert at London's Wembley Arena.

He underwent an operation to correct the defect and has spent the last
two weeks recovering.

At a press conference today, the 52-year-old singer said he was lucky
to be alive after doctors discovered he had Wolff-Parkinson-White
Syndrome, a condition which causes an irregular heart beat.
"In a sense I guess I cheated death because of the condition I had,"
he said.

"The last two weeks have been fairly scary and unlike anything I've
gone through before."

Meat Loaf revealed he had been unwell throughout the summer, but was determined to perform in the UK despite suffering dizziness and fainting spells during earlier gigs in Europe and America.