Re: [BigBrother_Survivor] TOM PETTY IS not DEAD AS PR3EVIOUS REPORTED.

 

His manager and family have since confirmed his passing. RIP
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On Mon, 10/2/17, C G ceegee2006@yahoo.com [BigBrother_Survivor] <BigBrother_Survivor@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: [BigBrother_Survivor] TOM PETTY IS not DEAD AS PR3EVIOUS REPORTED.
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Date: Monday, October 2, 2017, 11:24 PM























 

Wow I
usually fact check these but this came from a place I
usually find right on . But they screwed up. At least for
now he is still alive. cgtLegendary rocker Tom Petty off life
support after cardiac arrest (Update)

Ryan
WaniataDigital
Trends October 02, 2017Singer and songwriter Tom Petty,
one of rock's greatest and most iconic figures, is in
critical condition at a California hospital. According to TMZ, the rocker was
rushed to the hospital Sunday night after he was found
unconscious and in full cardiac arrest. It was originally
believed he had died after being pulled off life support,
but TMZ is now reporting he is still alive and surrounded by
family, with a do not resuscitate order in place. Digital
Trends has not been able to substantiate this updated
report.The sudden illness is a shock, not
just because of his relatively young age, but also because
Petty was onstage with his band the Heartbreakers just days
earlier at the Hollywood Bowl as part of a massive world
tour that was, according to Rolling Stone, set to be his last
major tour with the band. A seminal name in the rock
'n' roll scene since shortly after he loaded up a van
and moved his first band, Mudcrutch, from Florida to Los
Angeles in 1975, Petty is widely regarded as one of the
greatest modern American songwriters of all
time.Petty's adoration for music began
early, as he dropped out of high school at the age of 17 to
focus solely on music. Petty joined guitarist Mike Campbell
and keyboard player Benmont Tench in Mudcrutch, a popular
Florida band at the time. The band broke up shortly after
moving to the West Coast, but Petty had already secured a
solo recording contract by then on Leon Russell's label,
Shelter Records. Petty had no interest in recording
solo, however, and shortly thereafter reunited with Campbell
and Tench, along with bass player Ron Blair and drummer Stan
Lynch, to form the band that would cement Petty's name in
history as one of the most indelible figures in American
music, the Heartbreakers.Tom
Petty and the Heartbreakers perform at Shoreline
Amphitheatre on August 27, 1999 in Mountain View,
California.The band's first self-titled
album didn't chart but, according to Biography, all that changed
following a successful European tour in England with Nils
Lofgren, which put the record on the U.K. charts. The band
decided to rerelease their first single, Breakdown, and this time it hit number 40 on
the charts. As Biography points out, the album also
contained one of Petty's best loved songs, American Girl, but the song didn't chart until
its rerelease two decades later.The band returned to the studio in
1978 to record its second album, You're Gonna Get
It!, which fared better, charting at
No. 23. But it was the band's third album, Damn The Torpedoes (released under its new MCA
label) that hit No. 2 upon its 1979
release, and included classic singles in Petty's
repertoire like Don't Do Me Like
That, and Refugee. From there, it was off to the
races.Petty had up-and-down success
throughout the next few decades, though he never failed to
resonate in the American consciousness for long. His
incredible career included tours with megastars like Bob
Dylan, as well as a side project, the Traveling Wilburys,
with fellow musical legends Dylan, George Harrison, Roy
Orbison, and Jeff Lynne.Shortly after his stint with the
Wilburys, Petty recorded his first solo album, the
incredibly successful Full Moon Fever, which included well-worn radio
gold in singles like I Won't Back
Down, Runnin' Down a
Dream, and perhaps Petty's most famous
tune, Free Fallin'.
Never failing to reunite with his
Heartbreaker bandmates in between solo stints, Petty found
lightning in a bottle once again with his 1994 solo album,
Wildflowers, which included a new onslaught of
radio-friendly instant classics like You Don't Know How It Feels,
and You Wreck Me, effectively introducing the rock superstar to
an entire new generation of hungry listeners. It was around
that time, in 1996, that Petty and his wife parted ways
after 22 years. He was remarried a few years later in 2001
to longtime girlfriend Dana York.Personal lows aside, Petty was
never out of the musical spotlight for long, continuously
reaffirming his position as one of the most important and
ubiquitous names in rock across multiple generations. He
toured often, embarking on countless sold-out world tours
(including a 2008 Super Bowl halftime performance), DJ'd a
radio show on Sirius XM, and returned to the
studio occasionally to churn out more hits.We'll
update this report with more information as soon as
possible.Update:
After first being reported as having succumbed to a cardiac
arrest, TMZ now reports Petty is still alive, but with a do
not resuscitate order in place.

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