Petty died in a hospital after being found unconscious at his home in Malibu, according to Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. “I don’t think he thought there was a better way to live your life than in a rock band,” said rock historian and Rolling Stone contributor Anthony DeCurtis. Mr. Petty’s career was marked by personal problems that included a heroin addiction, a tumultuous marriage and a 1987 house fire that burned everything but his basement recording studio. The new arrangement would mark a renaissance in Mr. Petty’s music. “I’d like to see us break some new ground and leave some sort of mark on the music,” Mr.

Source: Washington Post October 03, 2017 04:15 UTC