Music legend Tom Petty dies (Official)
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Source: CNN
(CNN)Rocker Tom Petty died Monday after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital, according to Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Dimitriades confirmed Petty's death on behalf of the performer's family.
He was 66.
"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 8:40pm PT surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends," Dimitriades said in a statement.
With his nasally voice and chiming guitar, Petty and his longtime band, the Heartbreakers, churned out an instantly recognizable brand of sturdy, heartland rock that made them a classic-radio staple for decades. Petty, along with the band, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
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this was apparently not one of the times a loser got lucky....
thanks for all the great music, it was the soundtrack to my high school years...
Worked his ass off to give a hell of a show. RIP Tom. 
One of my all-time favorite performers.
I first saw him and his band at the No Nukes concerts at Madison Square Garden back in 1979.
Although they performed several songs, the one that made the vinyl record of the event was a cover of the Bert Berns song Cry To Me.
