# Any takers on what killed Tom Petty?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-what-killed-tom-petty/799001>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 16, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-what-killed-tom-petty/799001 "2017-10-16T00:29:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-what-killed-tom-petty/799001/41 "2018-01-21T05:55:42Z")

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> [@PastTense](#):
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> Updating this thread  
> [Tom Petty's Cause of Death: Accidental Overdose](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-pettys-cause-of-death-accidental-overdose-w515472)
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> Family’s statement:
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> [http://www.tompetty.com/statement](http://www.tompetty.com/statement)

☹ GODDAMN IT! He didn’t have to go. It wasn’t irreversible, it wasn’t genetic…it was an accident.:smack:

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**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-what-killed-tom-petty/799001/42 "2018-01-21T07:16:44Z")

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> [@blondebear](#):
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> One thing not mentioned yet is Tom fractured his hip at some point before(?) the tour. Don’t know if he was taking painkillers or not to get through the gigs. But the injury must have added a non-trivial amount of physical stress to what was already a pretty demanding workload for those 54 shows.

Pretty much nailed it.

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**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-what-killed-tom-petty/799001/43 "2018-01-21T09:14:16Z")

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It’s sad no matter how he died. Dude wrote so many memorable “soundtrack of our lives” songs, at least if you are of a certain age. The Netflix special on him and his band is really, really good.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-takers-on-what-killed-tom-petty/799001/44 "2018-01-22T19:23:19Z")

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nm. Off topic

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