CBS published Petty's obituary after tweeting that the LAPD had confirmed his death. Then the LAPD issued a statement saying it has no information on Petty's condition and that "initial information was inadvertently provided to some media sources." CBS News also released a statement maintaining that it "reported information obtained officially from the LAPD about Tom Petty." Both CBS and Variety now cite TMZ reporting that says Petty is "clinging to life" after suffering cardiac arrest. Coroner's officials said Monday they have not received a report of Petty's death.

Source: ABC News October 02, 2017 22:14 UTC