Tom Petty
Tom Petty was the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He recorded several hit singles both as a solo artist and alongside the Heartbreakers. Petty sold over 80 million records worldwide over the course of his career. Petty passed away from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs on October 2, 2017. Petty's wife and daughter said he was suffering from an array of medical issues, including a severely fractured hip and emphysema.
"[It] is our feeling that the pain was simply unbearable and was the cause for his overuse of medication," read a statement on his official website. "We feel confident that this was, as the coroner found, an unfortunate accident."
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