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Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader and frontman of the rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.
Petty died unexpectedly on October 2, 2017, and at the next home football game vs. LSU the following Saturday, "I Won't Back Down" was played between the third and fourth quarters immediately after the traditional university song "We Are the Boys from Old Florida". It has been played at that time at every subsequent Gator home game, with fans ...
Afterwards, he sat in with the band on several different sessions, then went back to school. Soon after, Petty called Tench and asked him to quit school and join Mudcrutch full-time, which after long deliberation, Tench agreed to; but before he would leave school, Petty had to convince Tench's father that his son had a promising music career. [5]
Tom Petty with his daughter Adria Petty (left) and second wife Dana York Petty (right) at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. (Photo: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) ... [Petty] died. We're all a bit shell ...
Tom Petty’s daughters filed suit against his widow on Wednesday, as a struggle continues for control of the late singer-songwriter’s catalog. ... Petty died in October 2017 of an accidental ...
Legendary singer-songwriter Tom Petty died from "an accidental drug overdose" due to taking several medications, his family said in a statement Friday.
Stephen A. Ferrone (born 25 April 1950) is an English drummer. He is known as a member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994 to 2017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and as part of the "classic lineup" of the Average White Band in the 1970s.
Tom Petty, whose hits like 'American Girl' and 'Free Fallin' made him one of the world's biggest rock stars, has died at age 66. Tom Petty, whose hits like 'American Girl' and 'Free Fallin' made ...