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Steve Popovich, Music Exec Who Played a Key Role in Meat Loaf's 'Bat Out of Hell,' Dies at 68

9:13 PM PDT 6/8/2011 by THR staff

The music industry veteran also helped guide the careers of the Jackson 5, Cheap Trick, Boston and Ted Nugent.

Steve Popovich, a veteran music industry executive who played a key role in Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell as well as the careers of the Jackson 5, Cheap Trick, Boston and many others, died Wednesday morning at his apartment in Murfreesboro, Tenn., the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. He was 68.

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