
Tom Petty has died at the age of 66 after being found unconscious, in full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home Sunday night, according to TMZ. The singer was reportedly taken off life support at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital after it was found that he had no brain activity.
Petty—the frontman of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and author of rock classics like “American Girl,” “Breakdown” and “Free Fallin’,” had been on a 40th anniversary tour with the Heartbreakers as recently as last week.
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