Tom Petty , the dynamic and iconoclastic frontman who led the band the Heartbreakers, died Monday. He was He died peacefully at p. PT surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends. 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. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recently completed a summer tour with three nights at the Hollywood Bowl. His most recent release, Hypnotic Eye , debuted at Number One in
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Rock musician Tom Petty began his career in earnest with a group called Mudcrutch. Though he was close to his mother and younger brother, Petty had a difficult relationship with his father, who was often physically and verbally abusive. But Petty found refuge in music, idolizing the likes of Elvis Presley and the Beatles and learning to play guitar. He began playing bass with a local group called the Epics, and at the age of 17, he dropped out of school to perform with a new band that would become known as Mudcrutch, named after the farm where two of its members lived. Petty quickly emerged as the frontman and primary songwriter in the group, which soon developed a devoted local following. The year proved a pivotal one for Petty, who married his girlfriend, Jane Benyo with whom he already had a daughter, Adria , before moving to Los Angeles with Mudcrutch in the hopes of reaching a wider audience. There, Petty and Benyo had their second daughter, AnnaKim, and Mudcrutch signed to Shelter Records, but when their lone single went largely unnoticed, the group disbanded. Within a few years, their confidence in him would be duly rewarded. After trying for a while to put together a new backing band, Petty eventually reconnected with his former Mudcrutch bandmates Mike Campbell guitar and Benmont Tench keyboards , who were playing with bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch.
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Thomas Earl Petty October 20, — October 2, was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He was the lead singer and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , formed in He previously led the band Mudcrutch , and was also a member of the late s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. Petty recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. In his career, he sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Petty died in , one week after the end of the Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour, from an overdose of prescription drugs. It is stated that Petty had been suffering with pain throughout the tour, but refused to cancel due to it potentially being the final Heartbreakers tour and not wanting to let anyone down. Petty was born October 20, , in Gainesville, Florida , the first of two sons of Kitty Katherine Petty, a local tax office worker, and Earl Petty, who worked in a grocery store.
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