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Thread started 10/02/17 12:12pm

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It's Official: Tom Petty Has Passed Away

Just heard on TMZ Tom Petty rushed to hospital last night suffering from a heart attack sad pray

came here to see if anything had been reported. Hope and pray its not true



CBS Erroneously Reports Tom Petty's Death, Setting Off an Outpouring

https://www.nytimes.com/2...rrest.html


It's Official. Tom Petty has passed away: http://www.cbc.ca/news/en...-1.4317148


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Reply #1 posted 10/02/17 12:25pm

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bheart pray

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Reply #2 posted 10/02/17 12:33pm

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pennylover said:

Just heard on TMZ Tom Petty rushed to hospital last night suffering from a heart attack sad pray

came here to see if anything had been reported. Hope and pray its not true

he was not breathing. pray hard for him

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Reply #3 posted 10/02/17 12:41pm

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Im sorry, NBC news show got it wrong. They said he passed.

He is not on life support. Was found unconcious in cardiac arrest.

https://www.spin.com/2017/10/tom-petty-hospitalized-cardiac-arrest/

grouphug Crushed.

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Reply #4 posted 10/02/17 12:44pm

80tomato

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4942072/Tom-Petty-life-support-suffering-cardiac-arrest.html

one of my faves sad

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Reply #5 posted 10/02/17 1:03pm

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We are losing so many talented artists way 2 fast. I hope Tom pulls out of this one. The reports on his condition doesnt sound good. Weekly I go to YouTube and watch the performance of Prince soloing on While My Guitar Gently Weep. sad

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Reply #6 posted 10/02/17 1:06pm

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https://twitter.com/kenlowery/status/914940681206067201

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Reply #7 posted 10/02/17 1:08pm

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Damn, he just finished his 40th anniversary tour. sad

Tom Petty, Rock Iconoclast Who Led the Heartbreakers, Dead at 66

Singer suffered cardiac arrest and was taken off life support at hospital

Tom Petty, the dynamic Hall of Fame frontman who led the Heartbreakers, has died. He was 66. George Rose/Getty Images

Tom Petty, 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, 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. He was 66.

Inside Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Last Big Tour

Behind the scenes as Petty and his band battle the elements, remember old times and celebrate a 40-year bond

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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, 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.

In the late Seventies, Petty's romanticized tales of rebels, outcasts and refugees started climbing the pop charts. When he sang, his voice was filled with a heartfelt drama that perfectly complemented the Heartbreakers' ragged rock & roll. Songs like "The Waiting," "You Got Lucky," "I Won't Back Down," "Learning to Fly" and "Mary Jane's Last Dance" all dominated Billboard's rock chart, and the majority of Petty's albums have been certified either gold or platinum. His most recent release, Hypnotic Eye, debuted at Number One in 2014. Petty, who also recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the Traveling Wilburys, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

This story is developing.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #8 posted 10/02/17 1:08pm

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Article about his most recent tour:

https://www.forbes.com/si...9180f879c9


How Tom Petty Ruled Classic Rock With The Tour Of 2017

NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 25: Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performs during their 40th Anniversary Tour at Bridgestone Arena on April 25, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Sacks & Co)

More than seven months after his banner 2017 kicked off, Petty is wrapping up the tour, fittingly, in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles with three sold-out nights at the Hollywood Bowl. Friday night, the band played the second of those three sold-out nights and displayed all of the energy, vitality and, most importantly, frivolity that have made Petty the classic rock MVP of 2017.

Opening with the joyous “Rocking Around (With You)” just after nine PM, Petty and the band ran through a string of both hits and unexpected songs until just around 11, or apparently “well beyond his time” as he said. He proudly declared at one point that at the show the night before he had gone past curfew and it cost him $5,000.

“Tonight I’m going for 10,000,” he quipped.


That he didn’t want these shows to end comes as no surprise if you have seen any of the run of this tour. The greatest gift for any Petty fan has been watching he and the band have so much fun on stage. Dancing frequently with his arms waving, joking, leading the crowd in sing along versions of songs like “Free Fallin’” and the nearly flawless anthem, “Learning To Fly,” Petty seemed to be enjoying himself just as much as the 18,000 fans were.

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Reply #9 posted 10/02/17 1:08pm

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he has passed... RIP

Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman
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Reply #10 posted 10/02/17 1:09pm

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Guess it's official, sob. rose

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Reply #11 posted 10/02/17 1:12pm

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Lucky Wilbury walks alone tonight.

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lazycrockett said:

Lucky Wilbury walks alone tonight.



He's still got Otis Wilbury (ELOs Jeff Lynne) by his side. Really sad news about Tom Petty, RIP sad
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Reply #13 posted 10/02/17 1:16pm

poppys

lazycrockett said:

https://twitter.com/kenlowery/status/914940681206067201

Aww, me too.

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thetimefan said:

lazycrockett said:

Lucky Wilbury walks alone tonight.

He's still got Otis Wilbury (ELOs Jeff Lynne) by his side. Really sad news about Tom Petty, RIP sad

Yeah I thought we lost Jeff a while back.

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Reply #15 posted 10/02/17 1:22pm

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Goodness gracious, this hurts. PRAYING FOR RECOVERY.

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #19 posted 10/02/17 1:28pm

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Another one of my favorites...bawl

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Another one of my favorites...bawl

I know... I first saw him tour in 1981... cry

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #23 posted 10/02/17 1:37pm

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May Tom find peace on his way Into The Great Wide Open... dove

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #24 posted 10/02/17 1:38pm

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I got lucky - catching him in concert about 8 years ago
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Reply #25 posted 10/02/17 1:42pm

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Just packed a bowl in his honor...RIP Heartbreaker...

Make it so, Number One...
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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