Tom Petty has died after suffering a cardiac arrest.
The singer, aged 66, suffered a full cardiac arrest and was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home on Sunday night, TMZ reported. He was taken to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and put on life support but no brain activity was found and the decision was made to turn off life support.
Petty rose to fame with his band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in the 1970s. Over the last 40 years he has released 13 albums with The Heartbreakers, and three solo albums. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, and some of their most memorable hits include “Free Fallin'” and “American Girl”.
Petty played his last show last Monday at the Hollywood Bowl – the show concluded their 40th anniversary tour. At his last show on September 15, he reportedly told the crowd: “I want to thank you for 40 years of a really great time.”
Petty told Rolling Stone that he thought this would be the group’s last tour.
“I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was thinking this might be the last big one. We’re all on the backside of our sixties. I have a granddaughter now I’d like to see as much as I can. I don’t want to spend my life on the road. This tour will take me away for four months. With a little kid, that’s a lot of time.”
