Tom Petty has officially been declared deceased at the age of 66 after he was found in full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home Sunday night. The singer was rushed to UCLA Medical Center, but could not be revived. His official death was confirmed by Tony Dimitriades (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ longtime manager) after hours of conflicting reports regarding his passing. “He died peacefully at 8:40pm PT surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends,” Dimitriades said in a statement, posted on the band’s Facebook page.
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.
Original Article by Jackson Maxwell of GuitarWorld.com