# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/81 "2017-10-03T01:42:59Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I don’t like that. > I don’t agree with that. > You could have fixed it faster than you wrote this and another mod could have changed it if need be. > > And yes, I reported it, maybe one of the other mods will fix it since you don’t seem to want to. > It’s wrong, and as one of my favorite performers, the ‘whatever, he’ll be dead soon anyways’ is really fucking insulting. Yeah–I’d think just removing the bracketed note would be good. It’s a bit macabre to see it’s still there because it’s too much work to change it and you think he’s gonna die. ---
**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 3, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/82 "2017-10-03T01:46:21Z")
I’m with Idle Thoughts on this one. Tom is as good as dead. Let it be. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/83 "2017-10-03T02:10:02Z")
This is a really strange situation and since it’s so unclear at this moment, I’m going to alter the thread title until some definitive word is announced about Petty’s status. We’re all emotional today, so let’s step back a little and don’t worry about the little things. Peace, Ellen Cherry ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/84 "2017-10-03T02:12:16Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > This is a really strange situation and since it’s so unclear at this moment, I’m going to alter the thread title until some definitive word is announced about Petty’s status. > > We’re all emotional today, so let’s step back a little and don’t worry about the little things. > > Peace, > Ellen Cherry Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/85 "2017-10-03T02:12:20Z")
I was listening to the “other” news of the day when I heard Julie Mason make the announcement. Wow, quite a shock. RIP(?) Tom ☹ I got turned on to the first album by KSAN when it first came out. I saw The Heartbreakers at Winterland in '77…I remember Tom twirling his Flying V around and around and around at the end of “American Girl”. A great talent, a great songwriter and performer, an American icon. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/86 "2017-10-03T02:20:08Z")
When I was 19 years old and on my first cruise, just a newbie as a nuke electrician on a nuclear missile submarine (SSBN 633 USS Casimir Pulaski), I was jamming out in the crew’s quarters to the piped entertainment provided by the NavET’s and the electrician I most admired on the boat looked over and said “Man, I thought you’d be into the Bay City Rollers. Not so bad!” So, I got mild acceptance just from diggin’ Tom Petty. I’ve been digging his music ever since. Feels like another family member passing. Feels like he was there for me during all I’ve seen since the first song of his I heard. I kind of hope he felt something similar from his fans. He was loved. He was loved. Good bye, Tom. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/87 "2017-10-03T02:24:58Z")
I can’t think of a more fitting tribute to Tom than his performance of _I Won’t Back Down_ from the _Tribute To Heroes_ telecast following the September 2001 terror attacks. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZeNA4R3Xh9E/hqdefault.jpg "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down (from "America" A Tribute to Heroes")") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeNA4R3Xh9E) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/88 "2017-10-03T04:11:14Z")
The BBC is now reporting his death Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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 3, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/89 "2017-10-03T04:16:49Z")
On Reuters as well. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/90 "2017-10-03T04:28:14Z")
And TMZ, and an official statement on their [facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/tompetty/?hc_ref=ART3Df6xLau5zcOxVqOp5rJds8ZUIJF0d32PZ_iNGv6vY7tp3alr-CnGTkRj1LWI2bM&fref=nf) from their manager. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/91 "2017-10-03T04:30:09Z")
It’s been confirmed by Petty’s manager, Tony Dimitriades, on behalf of his family, so it seems to be accurate this time around. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/92 "2017-10-03T05:12:56Z")
Goodbye, CD listeners. We’ve come to the point in this album where those listening on cassette (or record) will have to stand up (or sit down) and turn over the record (or tape). In fairness to those listeners, we’ll now take a few seconds before we begin side two. Best of luck with Side Two, Tom. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/93 "2017-10-03T05:59:48Z")
Apparently wiki is convinced now. TOD is listed as 10/2/2017 at 8:40 PM PST. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIexKj-bWQ4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIexKj-bWQ4) My favorite, from _Long After Dark_. RIP, man. I grew up with your music…it was my soundtrack from my teenage years on. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/94 "2017-10-03T06:19:57Z")
A slightly ironic death considering his band’s name. RIP, Tom. You gave me some good times way back when. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/95 "2017-10-03T06:27:02Z")
I was at this show, live at the Wiltern. The song seems appropriate to me: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNxfPAF1frM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNxfPAF1frM) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/96 "2017-10-03T07:07:28Z")
I had a ticket to see Petty live last month, but I wound up selling it because I had too much stuff going on that weekend and couldn’t make it. Guess I missed my chance. ☹ _Well some say life will beat you down Break your heart, steal your crown So I’ve started out, for God knows where I guess I’ll know when I get there_ ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/97 "2017-10-03T07:48:08Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > It’s been confirmed by Petty’s manager, Tony Dimitriades, on behalf of his family, so it seems to be accurate this time around. Yes, it’s on his official Twitter page. Damn. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/98 "2017-10-03T08:47:49Z")
I don’t think Petty was ever big in Europe. He certainly wasn’t well-known in Belgium. Apart from the smallish Classic Rock crowd, most people of my age would remember him exclusively as [that one-hit wonder from the early 90s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ). But I discovered is music when I stayed in Canada, in the Summer of 1989. The girl in whose family I was staying introduced me to _Full Moon Fever_. I loved it immediately. To this day, I remember our long trips in the Canadian countryside with _Runnin’ Down a Dream_ playing on the car cassette player. When I came back, I played it to my brother and he was hooked, too. He actually became even more of a fan than I was, collecting almost all of his records, which we’d listen to on Saturday nights. Since so few people here knew his music, we felt Petty was one of our secret treasures. _Full Moon Fever_ and _Southern Accents_ are my favourite albums, with _Hard Promises_ not that far behind. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/99 "2017-10-03T09:45:00Z")
_It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was drivin’ Trees flew by, me and Del were singin’ little Runaway I was flyin’_ What a great song opening. Really paints a picture. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821/100 "2017-10-03T09:52:58Z")
> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > I don’t think Petty was ever big in Europe. He certainly wasn’t well-known in Belgium. Apart from the smallish Classic Rock crowd, most people of my age would remember him exclusively as [that one-hit wonder from the early 90s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ).☹ Last Dance with Mary Jane also had some success. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-suffers-cardiac-arrest-update-rip/797821.md?page=6)