Ah, that's sad.
But as all those rock stars from the 60s and 70s aren't young anymore, sooner or later it will get to all of them.
Never was a fan of everything he did, but those Bat Out Of Hell records are great. May he rest in piece.
PS: There was even a short lived Bat Out Of Hell musical, which I saw 2 or 3 years ago (my wife is a big musical fan). Had a really weird story, but all of the hit songs were there. Some with lyrics translated to german, which was kinda strange, but overall it was really cool and showed the strength of those Jim Steinman songs.