# Tom Petty suffers cardiac arrest \[Update: RIP\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821 "2017-10-02T19:32:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/21 "2017-10-02T20:24:05Z")
This just absolutely sucks. I hope he went down swingin’. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/22 "2017-10-02T20:25:01Z")
He was my 12 year old daughter’s favorite singer in the world. She will be heartbroken. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/23 "2017-10-02T20:25:21Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Damn. I saw him at Wrigley Field this past summer and it was just an amazing show. Rained off and on most of the time we were there and no one cared. Just a great vibe to go with 40 years of fantastic music. I was getting on the red line when I heard the sound check for that concert. I knew then that it was a dumb idea for me to have switched to working nights, just for the extra pay. I missed that concert, which I regret. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/24 "2017-10-02T20:25:51Z")
I’m pretty sure my first “real concert” was Petty & The Heartbreakers, with Fabulous Thunderbirds as opener. Probably around “Damn the Torpedoes” time. Lucky has gone to be with Luann. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/25 "2017-10-02T20:28:03Z")
Aw, man! Loved his music. He will be missed! ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/26 "2017-10-02T20:29:10Z")
Very sad, he was a talented man. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/27 "2017-10-02T20:32:09Z")
Saw him at Red Rocks (Colorado) a few years ago. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/28 "2017-10-02T20:37:15Z")
One of my co-workers is a close relative of his. I only see co-worker about once a month though…don’t think I’ll be pestering him with condolences right now. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/29 "2017-10-02T20:38:27Z")
I posted this in the Death Pool thread: "Holy fuck!!! For the first time in a really long time this shocked me. I mean literally; I felt it from my neck to my toes." I’m going to be honest. John Lennon’s death is the only celebrity death that impacted me more in my life. We all knew George had terminal cancer, so that doesn’t count. This saddens me immensely. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/30 "2017-10-02T20:42:37Z")
This sucks and 2017 continues to suck. Running Down a Dream is one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/31 "2017-10-02T20:47:08Z")
My favorite (among many) was [You Wreck Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8m5p6V_NPQ). But I guess it was [Time to Move On](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5o582N3wOQ). ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/32 "2017-10-02T20:53:38Z")
What a shitty, shitty day :(. ETA: RIP. The older I get the younger 66 sounds to me :(. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/33 "2017-10-02T20:54:14Z")
Man, I should call my dad. He loves Tom Petty, and he’s the reason I love him too. I remember the first time I heard Petty, or at least, the first time I remember hearing him. My dad had made a new mixtape for the car, and “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”, his duet with Stevie Nicks, came up. “You hear that guy?” my dad asked. “That’s Tom Petty. He has the worst voice in rock n’ roll. He’s terrific.” He did, and he was. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/34 "2017-10-02T20:54:53Z")
That really blows. He is second only to Kesha in my little world. I saw him twice at the United Center but missed his Wrigley Field show this past summer. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/35 "2017-10-02T20:55:00Z")
Obligatory [tribute](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowSGxim_O8) Vid. 2017 Blows. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/36 "2017-10-02T20:59:05Z")
Sadly it was the[end of the line](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA) ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/37 "2017-10-02T20:59:16Z")
Here’s another misfit, another Jimmy Dean Bet be’s got a motorbike, What’a y’all think? Bet if we good we’ll get a ride on it If be ain’t too mad about the future Maybe we oughta help him see The future ain’t what it used to be. Ain’t that the truth? ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/38 "2017-10-02T21:00:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > TMZ was the first to report Michael Jackson’s death, and nobody believed them then, either. TMZ says he’s still alive, though not expected to survive. > > **[Tom Petty Found Unconscious in Full Cardiac Arrest (UPDATE)](https://www.tmz.com/2017/10/02/tom-petty-found-unconscious-full-cardiac-arrest/)** > > Tom Petty found not breathing and in full cardiac arrest and on life support. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/39 "2017-10-02T21:05:47Z")
I just watched “George Harrison: Living in the Material World,” and there’s a part with Tom Petty telling a story of when Roy Orbison died. George called Tom up and said “Aren’t you glad it wasn’t you?” 🙂 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/40 "2017-10-02T21:07:00Z")
When I was younger and a mild audio enthusiast( read: non-crazy audiophile ), I used to spend a lot of time hanging out at audio gear sites and reading audio magazines. Folks were always going on at great length about how they stress-tested this or that bit of audio gear, especially speakers. It became kind of an internal joke to me at just how many people insisted on using Petty’s _Full Moon Fever_ as their rock test material. It was ridiculously ubiquitous, from professional magazine reviewers to pretentious dudes boasting about the fidelity of their cables on audio message boards. But if you listen to it, it kinda makes sense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821.md?page=3)