**Update** Tom Petty Dead at 66

[Linville]

BREAKING: Tom Petty Found Unconscious in Full Cardiac Arrest – Life Support Pulled 

**Update** Petty Dead at 66




October 2, 2017 by Cristina Laila 

Tom Petty was rushed to the hospital in full cardiac arrest Sunday night. 

TMZ is just now reporting that a decision was made to pull his life support.


TMZ reported:

[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098)]Tom Petty was rushed to the hospital Sunday night after he was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest … law enforcement sources tell TMZ.
EMTs rushed to his Malibu home and were able to get a pulse. He was rushed to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and our sources say he was put on life support.

We’re told after Petty got to the hospital he had no brain activity and a decision was made to pull life support. [/color]

66-year-old Petty just wrapped up a tour at the Hollywood Bowl last Monday evening.

TMZ reached out to Petty’s camp and while they are upset, no comment has been given.
Developing…

[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098)]We’re told after Petty got to the hospital he had no brain activity and a decision was made to pull life support. https://t.co/bh8sqdvEw9
— TMZ (@TMZ) October 2, 2017[/color]

CBS News confirmed Tom Petty has died.

[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098)]Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is dead at 66, CBS News has confirmed.[/color]

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EXCLUSIVE
10/2/17 3:00 PM PST

1:35 PM PT -- Sources tell us at 10:30 Monday morning a chaplain was called to Tom's hospital room. We're told the family has a do not resuscitate order on Tom. The singer is not expected to live throughout the day, but he's still clinging to life. A report that the LAPD confirmed the singer's death is inaccurate -- the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. handled the emergency.

12:30 PM PT -- We're told after Petty got to the hospital he had no brain activity and a decision was made to pull life support.  

[solarpunch]

What a bummer. The talk radio station retracted the news statement that he had passed but I guess it's official now. One of the few remaining legends of his time.

[Linville]

Tom Petty, Rock Iconoclast Who Led the Heartbreakers, Dead at 66

Singer suffered cardiac arrest and was taken off life support at hospital

14 hours ago 

Tom Petty, the dynamic Hall of Fame frontman who led the Heartbreakers, has died at age 66 after suffering cardiac arrest. George Rose/Getty Images
Tom Petty, the dynamic and iconoclastic frontman who led the band the Heartbreakers, died Monday. He was 66. Petty's death was confirmed by Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, on behalf of the family.

"On behalf of the Tom Petty family, we are devastated to announce the untimely death of of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty. He suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu in the early hours of this morning and was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived.

He died peacefully at 8:40 p.m. PT surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends," Dimitriades wrote.

On Sunday, Petty was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home, according to TMZ, where he was rushed to the hospital and placed on life support. EMTs were able to find a pulse when they found him, but TMZ reported that the hospital found no brain activity when he arrived. A decision was made to pull life support.

"It's shocking, crushing news," Petty's friend and Traveling Wilburys bandmate Bob Dylan tells Rolling Stone in a statement. "I thought the world of Tom. He was a great performer, full of the light, a friend, and I’ll never forget him."

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recently completed a summer tour last Monday with three nights at the Hollywood Bowl. The trek marked the band's 40th anniversary

[Furyan66]

Sad Sad News.

Peace be with him as he will be missed

fury

[buttons27]

Was so surprised to hear he passed away. I didn't think he was even that old.

[reilli]

That was a real gut punch.