Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock superstar and everyman who drew upon the Byrds, the Beatles and other bands he worshipped as a boy, has died.Petty was first believed to be dead when CBS News and other sources reported that the LAPD and law enforcement confirmed his death.TMZ contradicted that information not long after and reported that Petty맥스카지노�s family said he was still clinging to life. LAPD tweeted that they did not confirm the rock star맥스카지노�s death. 맥스카지노�The LAPD has no information about the passing of singer Tom Petty. Initial information was inadvertently provided to some media sources,맥스카지노� tweeted the LAPD official account. 맥스카지노�However, the LAPD has no investigative role in this matter. We apologize for any inconvenience in this reporting.맥스카지노� Late Monday night, Petty맥스카지노�s death was officially confirmed by his band manager, according to the Los Angeles Times and People.The statement, sent by Tony Dimitriades, manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, reads: 맥스카지노�On behalf of the Tom Petty family we are devastated to announce the untimely death of of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty. 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 8:40 p.m. PT surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends.맥스카지노�Spokeswoman Carla Sacks confirmed the information to the Associated Press. Petty and his longtime band the Heartbreakers had recently completed a 40th anniversary tour, one he hinted would be their last.맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�m thinking it may be the last trip around the country,맥스카지노� Petty told Rolling Stone last year. 맥스카지노�We맥스카지노�re all on the backside of our 60s. I have a granddaughter now I맥스카지노�d like to see as much as I can. I don맥스카지노�t want to spend my life on the road. This tour will take me away for four months. With a little kid, that맥스카지노�s a lot of time.맥스카지노�Usually backed by the Heartbreakers, Petty broke through in the 1970s and went on to sell more than 80 million records. The Gainesville, Florida, native with the shaggy blond hair and gaunt features was loved for his melodic hard rock, nasally vocals and down-to-earth style. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted Petty and the Heartbreakers in 2002, praised them as 맥스카지노�durable, resourceful, hard-working, likeable and unpretentious.맥스카지노�Petty맥스카지노�s albums included 맥스카지노�Damn the Torpedoes,맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�Hard Promises맥스카지노� and 맥스카지노�Full Moon Fever,맥스카지노� although his first No. 1 did not come until 2014 and 맥스카지노�Hypnotic Eye.맥스카지노� As a songwriter, he focused often on daily struggles and the will to overcome them, most memorably on 맥스카지노�Refugee,맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�Even the Losers맥스카지노� and 맥스카지노�I Won맥스카지노�t Back Down.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�It맥스카지노�s sort of the classic theme of a lot of the work I맥스카지노�ve done,맥스카지노� he told The Associated Press in 1989. 맥스카지노�I think faith is very important just to get through life. I think it맥스카지노�s really important that you believe in yourself, first of all. It맥스카지노�s a very hard to thing to come by. But when you get it, it맥스카지노�s invaluable.맥스카지노�Petty didn맥스카지노�t just sing about not backing down, he lived it. In 1979, he was enraged when his record label was sold and his contract transferred. Stating that he would not be 맥스카지노�bought and sold like a piece of meat,맥스카지노� he self-financed what became 맥스카지노�Damn the Torpedoes맥스카지노� and declared bankruptcy rather than allowing his label, MCA, to release it. He eventually reached a new deal with MCA, for better terms. In the early 1980s, he was again at war with MCA, this time over the label맥스카지노�s plans to charge extra money, a dollar higher than the standard $8.98, for his album 맥스카지노�Hard Promises.맥스카지노� He again prevailed.Petty was both a musician and obsessive fan, one who met his childhood heroes and lived out the fantasies of countless young rock lovers. He befriended Byrds leader Roger McGuinn and became close to George Harrison, who performed on 맥스카지노�I Won맥스카지노�t Back Down맥스카지노� and joined Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne in the impromptu super group the Traveling Wilburys. Petty inducted Harrison into the Rock Hall in 2004; two years earlier Dylan맥스카지노�s son Jakob inducted Petty. In the 1980s, Petty and the Heartbreakers supported Bob Dylan on a nationwide tour.He would speak of being consumed by rock music since childhood, to the point where father, whom Petty would later say beat him savagely, thought he was 맥스카지노�mental.맥스카지노� Awed by the chiming guitars of the Byrds, the melodic genius of the Beatles and the snarling lyrics of Dylan, he was amazed to find that other kids were feeling the same way.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�You맥스카지노�d go and see some other kid whose hair was long, this was around 맥스카지노�65, and go, 맥스카지노�Wow, there맥스카지노�s one like me,맥스카지노� 맥스카지노� he told The Associated Press in 1989. 맥스카지노�You맥스카지노�d go over and talk and he맥스카지노�d say, 맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�ve got a drum set.맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�You do? Great!맥스카지노� That was my whole life.맥스카지노�By his early 20s, Petty had formed the group Mudcrutch with fellow Gainesville natives and future Heartbreakers (guitarist) Mike Campbell and (keyboardist) Benmont Tench. They soon broke up, but reunited in Los Angeles as the Heartbreakers, joined by bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch. Their eponymous debut album came out in 1976 and they soon built a wide following, fitting easily into the New Wave sounds of the time.The world changed more than Petty did over the past few decades. In 2014, around the time he received an ASCAP Founders Award, he told The Associated Press that he thought of himself as 맥스카지노�kind of a music historian.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�m always interested in the older music, and I맥스카지노�m still always discovering things that I didn맥스카지노�t know about,맥스카지노� he said. 맥스카지노�To be honest, I really probably spend more time listening to the old stuff than I do the new stuff.맥스카지노�