Tom Petty suffers cardiac arrest

[John in VA]

Sad to hear this as he was one of my favorites from his first album. Wish I'd gone to Baltimore to see the 40th anniversary tour earlier this summer.

Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is dead at 66, CBS News has confirmed.
The legendary musician suffered a full cardiac arrest and was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night. He was taken to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and put on life support.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-petty- ... ead-at-66/

[Blue Shadow]

Sad. XPN has Tom Petty requests playing.

[stuartinmn]

They just said on the news (5:15pm central standard time) he is still alive.

[John in VA]

Yep - update! Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is clinging to life in a Los Angeles hospital, according to TMZ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lapd-clari ... tty-death/

[Dale3783]

They also said he's not expected to survive the day. I'm devestaded. I was obsessed with him in high school in the late 90's, the same time my first car was an 84' 528e. Some fantastic memeories in that car and most of them with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on in the background. A great songwriter, live performer and American icon.

[euro635gas]

Bummer
One of my favorites
Sat front row when they toured with Dylan back in the 80's

[SPF2006]

Now officially confirmed. Another one taken from us far too soon.

[adawil2002]

So sad, such a great talented man, his music is a big part of the sound track of my life.

[adrian in florida]

Thanks for the songs and memories. Petty was probably the biggest part of my life in terms of tunes ! I specifically remember playing "break down" when I was hanging with this coed that went to an all girls school in North Carolina.

[sail_or_drive]

I remember listening to "Don't come around here no more" just after getting divorced. Music for the emotional nerve endings, pure virtuoso.

[dcains]

Sad day - If any of you guys have SiriusXM radio, Tom had a great channel called "Buried Treasure", #712. Give it a listen, and I'll bet you're not disappointed.

[oldskool]

Got black out drunk at a fair and wound up laying on the floor of one of those spinning pots that rides on another platform that spins puking my guts out to his song "Refugee".