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JEFF: HEARTBREAKER WAS ALSO
LOST.
SUZIE: WE GOT OFFICIAL WORD THAT
TOM PETTY PASSED AWAY AT AGE OF
66.
SSUSAN -- SUZANNE MARQUES IS LIVE
AT HIS STAR.
REPORTER: THIS WORD FROM HIS
LONG TIME MANAGER, THIS EVENING,
THERE WERE REPORTS, CONFLICTING
REPORT HE PASSED AWAY, AND HE OF
COURSE CLINGING TO LIFE, WE GOT
CONFIRMATION,
TONIGHT.
WE LOOK BACK.
TOM PETTY, A ROCK STAR UNTIL
THE VERY END, HE AND THE
HEARTBREAKERS.
HIS FINAL PERFORMANCE JUST OVER
A WEEK AGO, HE TOLD FANS, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR 40 YEARS OF A
REALLY GREAT TIME.
HE MEANT IT TO MARK END OF
TOURING, HE HAD PLANS TO STAY
CLOSER TO HOME, SPEND MORE TIME
WITH HIS GRA GRAND DAUGHTER.
WITH HITS LIKE AMERICAN GIRL,
DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT, BREAK
DOWN AND REFUGEE, TOM PETTY WAS
ONE OF THE BEST SELLING
MUSICIANS OF ALL-TIME, SOLD MORE
THAN 80 MILLION RECORDS IN HIS
CAREER.
WITH 3 GRAMMY WINS AND 18
NOMINATIONS, TOM PETTY AND THE
HEARTBREAKERS WERE INDUCTED IN
TO ROCK 'N ROLL HALL OF FAME, IN
2002.
HE WAS ALSO A SUCCESSFUL SOLO
ARTIST AND SANG FREEFALLING, I
WON'T BACK DOWN, AND YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW IT FEELS.
FREEFALLING ♪ ♪
VIDEO FOR FREEFALLING WAS AN
OWED TO L.A. -- ODE TO L.A.
VENTURA BOULEVARD ♪ ♪
DURING HIS INDUCTTION TO
SONGSONGWRITER HALL OF FAME, HE SAID
HE WROTE ABOUT HIS DRIVE FROM
BEVERLY HILLS TO THE VALLEY.
I WROTE MY SONGS FOR ABOUT 20
YEARS WITH THIS G GUITAR.
I'M NOT THAT LAID BACK, I AM
PRETTY DETERMINED, I HAVE A LOT
OF ENERGY, I DON'T ALWAYS SPEAK
UNLESS I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
REPORTER: TOM PETTY WAS 66,
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, TWO
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