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Tom Petty has now died, statement from the family in post 16
October 2, 2017 at
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Tom Petty [rollingstone.com], the dynamic and iconoclastic frontman who led the band the Heartbreakers, died Monday. He was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home Sunday night, according to TMZ [tmz.com], and rushed to the hospital and placed on life support. EMTs were able to find a pulse when they found him, but TMZ reported that the hospital found no brain activity when he arrived. A decision was made to pull life support. CBS confirmed Petty's death [cbsnews.com]. He was 66.
"It's shocking, crushing news," Petty's friend and Traveling Wilburys bandmate Bob Dylan tells Rolling Stone in a statement. "I thought the world of Tom. He was great performer, full of the light, a friend, and I'll never forget him."
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recently completed a summer tour last Monday with three nights at the Hollywood Bowl. The trek marked the band's 40th anniversary and found him playing rarely played deep cuts like their first album's opener, "Rockin' Around (With You)," and a selection of Wildflowers cuts. It was intended to be his "last trip around the country." He told Rolling Stone [rollingstone.com], though, that it wasn't his intention to quit playing. "I need something to do, or I tend to be a nuisance around the house," he said.
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"It's shocking, crushing news," Petty's friend and Traveling Wilburys bandmate Bob Dylan tells Rolling Stone in a statement. "I thought the world of Tom. He was great performer, full of the light, a friend, and I'll never forget him."
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recently completed a summer tour last Monday with three nights at the Hollywood Bowl. The trek marked the band's 40th anniversary and found him playing rarely played deep cuts like their first album's opener, "Rockin' Around (With You)," and a selection of Wildflowers cuts. It was intended to be his "last trip around the country." He told Rolling Stone [rollingstone.com], though, that it wasn't his intention to quit playing. "I need something to do, or I tend to be a nuisance around the house," he said.
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Either way, so sad to lose someone who was so important to music. He was my first concert I went to on my own with friends without parental supervision or them needing to drop us off/pick us up. Was an absolute blast and I'm sorry I won't get to see him play again.
Either way, so sad to lose someone who was so important to music. He was my first concert I went to on my own with friends without parental supervision or them needing to drop us off/pick us up. Was an absolute blast and I'm sorry I won't get to see him play again.
People confuse the terms heart attack and cardiac arrest. You can go into cardiac arrest because you were stabbed to death or drugs or any number of things. I hope if there is any drug usage that the truth comes out.