Tom Petty died

On October 2, in Los Angeles at the age of 66, the American rock musician Tom Petty died.

It is reported byCNN .

Tom Petty was born in 1950 in Gainsville (Florida), at the age of 17 he left school to play in his first group, Mudcrutch , in 1976, along with guitarist Mike Campbell, bass player Ron Blair, drummer Stan Lynch and clatter Benmont Tencht found The Heartbreakers , which became one of the leaders of the Hartland rock direction.

With her, Tom Petty recorded 13 albums, toured a lot in the USA, Great Britain and other countries. In 1999, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Glory Alley for his contribution to the sound recording industry, 2002 were introduced into the Rock and Roll Glory Hall.

The musician also released three solo albums, in the late 1980s he played in the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roem Orbison and Jeff Linn.

The notes of Tom Petty dispersed over the world with a circulation of more than 80 million copies, the musician received many awards, including three Grammy and Billboard Music Award (2006).