In the United States, a rock musician Tom Petty died. He was 66 years old

In the United States, at the age of 66, the rock musician Tom Petty died. He died as a result of cardiac arrest in a university clinic in Los Angeles on the evening of October 2.

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Tom Petty, who was compared in his youth with Bob Dylan and Nile Yang, became famous in the 1970s with The Heartbreakers group. They say that Petty decided to become a musician after he shook his hand in Elvis Presley. He exchanged his slingshot for a whole box of records and devoted himself to music. In 2002, Tom Petty was awarded the star in the Hall of Glory of Rock and Roll.

Last week, his concert tour dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Heartbreakers group ended. Previously, Petty told reporters that this tour would be the last, since all the musicians of the group are already under seventy.

Bob Dylan called the news of the death of the musician shocking.