For several hours on Monday, rock star Tom Petty was dead to some members of the news media, even if he wasn’t in fact. Though gravely ill and lingering near death, Petty was still clinging to life when CBS News incorrectly reported that he had died. “Tom Petty Dead at 66,” said its headline in late afternoon, without qualification. Petty was reportedly hospitalized Sunday night after being found unconscious and in cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, Calif. But shortly thereafter, the police department tweeted, “The LAPD has no information about the passing of singer Tom Petty.

Source: Washington Post October 02, 2017 20:34 UTC