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Tom Petty Died of Accidental Opioid Overdose, Family Reveals

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday January 21 2018, @05:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the heartbroken dept.

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Tom Petty, the singer and guitarist whose influential music spanned four decades, died in October from an accidental drug overdose as a result of mixing medications involving opioids, his family announced Friday.

Source: Washington Post

Previously: US Rock Star Tom Petty Dies Aged 66

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday January 21 2018, @11:18PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday January 21 2018, @11:18PM (#625868) Homepage

    Jimi Hendrix, being a Black man, wrote "Purple Haze" because he took a bunch of opiates and puked up the skunk cabbage he loved to eat while recovering from drug binges. It's a goddamn shame he didn't survive the second round.

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