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US rock star Tom Petty, famous for classics such as Free Fallin', Refugee and American Girl, has died at the age of 66.
The singer-songwriter passed away on Monday night at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California, spokeswoman Carla Sacks said.
Petty "died peacefully" at 8:40pm (03:40 GMT onTuesday) "surrounded by family, his bandmates, and friends," a statement from his longtime manager Tony Dimitriades said.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 04 2017, @02:38AM
His music had a very genuine quality to it; you could hear, feel, and smell a couple arguing in a Roadkill Cafe in almost every tune.