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| #1 Posted on 2.10.17 1517.31 Reposted on: 2.10.24 1517.31 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-petty-legendary-rocker-is-dead-at-66/
Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is dead at 66, CBS News has confirmed.
The legendary musician suffered a full cardiac arrest and was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night. He was taken to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and put on life support, reports TMZ.
Petty rose to fame in the 1970s with his band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The group put out several hits, including "American Girl," "Free Fallin'," "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," "Breakdown," "Listen to Her Heart" and more. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
Though Petty and his band debuted their first self-titled record in 1976, they continued to perform over the past four decades. Petty played his last show last Monday, performing three sold-out shows at the Hollywood Bowl to conclude their 40th anniversary tour. The band wrote on their website that the tour included 53 shows in 24 states.
In December, Petty told Rolling Stone that he thought this would be the group's last tour together. He said, "It's very likely we'll keep playing, but will we take on 50 shows in one tour? I don't think so. I'd be lying if I didn't say I was thinking this might be the last big one. We're all on the backside of our sixties. I have a granddaughter now I'd like to see as much as I can. I don't want to spend my life on the road. This tour will take me away for four months. With a little kid, that's a lot of time."
Petty, who released three solo albums and 13 albums with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, also took part in the 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne. He told Rolling Stone he was hoping to release a deluxe version of his 1994 solo album "Wildflowers" with a bonus disc of unreleased material. He had also hoped to play a special "Wildflowers" tour.
The rocker kept his hands full with his SiriusXM channel, Tom Petty Radio, as well. He personally oversaw the station and had his own interview show called "Tom Talks to Cool People" where he interviewed musicians like Micky Dolenz of the Monkees and former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
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| #2 Posted on 2.10.17 2116.10 Reposted on: 2.10.24 2116.10 | Yeah so that URL now redirects to https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lapd-clarifies-cannot-confirm-tom-petty-death/ so this was premature. Though I suppose any headline of "Xxxxx Xxxxx is dead" is never wrong and merely premature.
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| #3 Posted on 2.10.17 2341.05 Reposted on: 2.10.24 2341.05 | His longtime manager has confirmed that he has passed. The media may have jumped the gun but with him being brain dead on arrival at the hospital and a DNR keeping him off life support, it was sadly only a matter of time.
So lucky I was able to see him in my neighborhood this past July on the 40th anniversary tour. He sounded fantastic and did not have the air of somebody who wasn't long for this world. | AWArulz
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| #4 Posted on 3.10.17 0914.53 Reposted on: 3.10.24 0915.31 | Sad to hear, but he left an indelible legacy. Always loved his music and of course his voice was so unique. | ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE |
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