Friends, Fans Remember Rock Legend Tom Petty On Social Media
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA/AP) — Rocker Tom Petty died Monday after suffering a heart attack at his Malibu home, a longtime manager has confirmed in a statement.
The 66-year-old musician was taken to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital Sunday night in full cardiac arrest and was placed on life support.
Reaction to the rock legend's passing was swift on social media. Here is a sample of the conversation.
The impossibly cool, the always uplifting #TomPetty has left the stage. He made music until the end. Remember that. Do that.
— saint trapjaw (@saintscrem) October 3, 2017
???????????? the world has lost another huge music legend #tompetty https://t.co/FzGM27656g
— Sammy (@clvrgrl24) October 3, 2017
You ran down your last dream, #TomPetty. You got me through some rough times, so I could run down mine. Thank you. Fly high.
— M.-E. Morales???? (@mare_pear) October 3, 2017
You rock'd hard for a long time so R.I.P #TomPetty
— ????Eileen.Nicole ???? (@_AgentBeautiful) October 3, 2017
Forever immortal long live his legacy #TomPetty https://t.co/SBfpvepDGV
— Mystique_Rose_Depp (@Mistikrose) October 3, 2017
'Into the great wide open...'
— Hans van Iersel (@iersel) October 3, 2017
Thnx Tom#tompetty
I can't, I can't, I can't. He was the soundtrack to so much of my life. I can't. ???????? #TomPetty
— E allora, Kathleen? (@blondefirebakes) October 3, 2017
Today America lost one of its musical giants. Thank you Tom Petty for all the music. To me you will live forever. pic.twitter.com/L6TrMBa6os
— Kiefer Sutherland (@RealKiefer) October 3, 2017
So loved his music over the last 40 years. R.I.P. #TomPetty
— Brammall. (@brammall) October 3, 2017
God it's so painful
— Ryan Kotajarvi (@RKotajarvi) October 3, 2017
Something that's so close
And still so far out of reach #TomPetty
Thank you for blessing my top five with your music and making it a little less painful #TomPetty #topfive #mixtapes
— howdyjennalou @ #SXSW (@righteous_jen) October 3, 2017