I don't mean to be PETTY, but TOM has died.

[samhexum]

He was 66.

[Cooper]

RIP Tom Petty.

 

One of my favorite songs of his, Free Fallin'.

 

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

His live shows were incredible. I'll always remember seeing him for the first time at Gruene Hall. He played for 3 hours.

[samhexum]

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsDNEFaO1Ek

[bigvalboy]

He was 66.

 

As of 6:07 pm he was still alive.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/10/02/report-rocker-tom-petty-dead-66/724545001/

 

However...while we await confirmation, I pray for a recovery.

 

[+ quoththeraven]

My favorite song of his:

[+ Robster]

This is my favorite song of his, and my all-time favorite music video.

 

[bigvalboy]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/legendary-rocker-tom-petty-dead-201308343.html

 

Legendary Rocker Tom Petty Reportedly Taken Off Life Support (UPDATE)

Sara Boboltz

HuffPostOctober 2, 2017

 

 

UPDATE:(6 p.m. ET) ― Variety and CBS News have updated their stories to state Tom Petty is “clinging to life,” citing TMZ’s report. " data-reactid="12">UPDATE:(6 p.m. ET) ― Variety and CBS News have updated their stories to state Tom Petty is “clinging to life,” citing TMZ’s report.

 

A rep for the LAPD declined to confirm his death to HuffPost and said information on the singer “was inadvertently provided to some media sources” in a tweet.

 

UPDATE: (5 p.m. ET) ―Multipleoutlets have cited sources claiming that Tom Petty has died, but TMZ has updated its story to state that Petty has been taken off life support on a do not resuscitate orderbut has not yet died.' data-reactid="16">UPDATE: (5 p.m. ET) ―Multipleoutlets have cited sources claiming that Tom Petty has died, but TMZ has updated its story to state that Petty has been taken off life support on a do not resuscitate orderbut has not yet died.

 

PREVIOUSLY: " data-reactid="17">PREVIOUSLY:

 

Tom Petty, lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, has died after being found unconscious in his home, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to CBS News. He was 66.

 

HuffPost has reached out to Petty’s reps for comment.

 

Petty was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center at Santa Monica while in “full cardiac arrest” on Sunday night, and reportedly taken off life support when he was found to have “no brain activity,” according to TMZ.

 

Petty’s music career kicked off in 1976 with his band’s self-titled first album, which included the Top 40 hit “Breakdown.” Over the following decades, the band turned out over a dozen studio albums and a steady string of hits that included “Don’t Do Me Like That,” “Refugee,” “Free Fallin’” and “American Girl.” Petty kept busy by also recording with the rock group Mudcrutch and the Traveling Wilburys, a folk-rock supergroup featuring Bob Dylan, George Harrison and others.

 

The Heartbreakers have continued to perform with few changes to the band’s original lineup, marking the 40th anniversary of their debut record last year. Their anniversary tour kicked off in April, but in an interview with Rolling Stone, Petty called it the group’s “last big one.”

 

“We’re all on the backside of our sixties,” he said. “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.”

 

This story is developing ...

[+ Robster]

“We’re all on the backside of our sixties,” he said. “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.”

They just finished that tour a week ago. I guess he won't get to spend that time with his granddaughter after all. So sad.

 

Rob

[BabyBoomer]

RIP.

 

His manager confirmed his death to CNN.

 

~Boomer~

[bigvalboy]

For every man there is a time...May he go in peace.