Tom Petty, Legendary Rocker, Dead at 66

Update (October 3): Legendary rock'n'roll star Tom Petty passed away age 66. He suffered cardiac arrest at his Malibu home in the morning of Oct. 2 before he passed at 8:40PM in UCLA Medical Center.

"On behalf of the Tom Petty family we are devastated to announce the untimely death of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty," Petty's manager Tony Dimitriades said in a statement. "He died peacefully surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends."