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.
More sad news in a week full of sad news.
(Score: 4, Informative) by NotSanguine on Wednesday October 04 2017, @03:32AM
Last night [youtube.com] Tom Petty reached the end of the line [youtube.com].
Mr. Petty wont be waiting [youtube.com] around, in fact he don't come around here no more [youtube.com] as he's headed off into the great wide open [youtube.com].
In a career spanning at least four decades, Petty got lucky [youtube.com] with songs like Here Comes My Girl [youtube.com], Even The Losers [youtube.com], Don't Do Me Like That [youtube.com], Breakdown [youtube.com] and many others.
Having seen Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers live [youtube.com], I can confirm that he was not only a fine musician and songwriter, but an excellent showman as well.
Goodbye Mr. Petty. You will be missed.
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