Tom Petty Dead

BigBadLou said:
R.I.P.

Whether people like his music or not, he is gone now.
Do they know yet whether it was drug related, as usual?
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I’m sure that dihydrogen monoxide was involved.
 
She was an American girl, raised on promises.
 
First song I ever learned to play on guitar was a Tom Petty song. RIP.
 
Sad news. Fortunately, I finally got to see him in concert in April. Great show. RIP Tom.

I also saw Glen Frey's last performance with the Eagles.

Note to aging rock stars: you might not want to sell me a ticket.
 
Dude was 66. Pretty young to suffer cardiac arrest. Can't imagine what he did to himself in his youth. I hope it was worth it.
 
steingar said:
Dude was 66. Pretty young to suffer cardiac arrest. Can't imagine what he did to himself in his youth. I hope it was worth it.
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Doesn't mean his lifestyle caused his death. Of course it could have, but many others die from cardiac arrest who led a relatively clean life if you want to call it that. Even happens at younger ages.
 
mscard88 said:
Doesn't mean his lifestyle caused his death. Of course it could have, but many others die from cardiac arrest who led a relatively clean life if you want to call it that. Even happens at younger ages.
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Sure, usually when there are other risk factors, like obesity and pulmonary blockage. You're right, occasionally utterly healthy people drop dead for no good reason, saw it happen recently to a friend's spouse. But those are outliers.
 
steingar said:
Sure, usually when there are other risk factors, like obesity and pulmonary blockage. You're right, occasionally utterly healthy people drop dead for no good reason, saw it happen recently to a friend's spouse. But those are outliers.
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He was a smoker since his teens I believe. Don't know if had reduced smoking or quit altogether. No secret he liked drugs.
 
He lead an extraordinary life that 99.99999999999999% of the world's inhabitants never get to experience. He got to do what he loved, and died successfully pursuing his passion. His name and music will live on in people's minds for generations and in the record of human history for as long as there is a record.

Job well done Mr. Petty. I will miss you, but you're always in my playlist. You now have some pretty amazing people to play music and write songs with. I suggest you get cracking on it. You've got some catching up to do!
 
steingar said:
Dude was 66. Pretty young to suffer cardiac arrest. Can't imagine what he did to himself in his youth. I hope it was worth it.
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mscard88 said:
Doesn't mean his lifestyle caused his death. Of course it could have, but many others die from cardiac arrest who led a relatively clean life if you want to call it that. Even happens at younger ages.
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I have a neighbor who went into cardiac arrest one day while working on his yard. He was 50, a little overweight, and an occasional smoker. As mscard noted, you don't have to do anything bad to yourself to suffer from heart disease. He's still living, but is completely disabled and can't walk unassisted, his wife and family now have to take care of him.

My father had a severe heart attack at age 63 and died within two hours. He was in good shape, seldom drank, never did illegal drugs, and hadn't smoked in 40 years. Sometimes it just happens.
 
FormerHangie said:
My father had a severe heart attack at age 63 and died within two hours. He was in good shape, seldom drank, never did illegal drugs, and hadn't smoked in 40 years. Sometimes it just happens.
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And the other extreme is my father. Smoked all of his life except childhood, ate Italian food and sausage (he was Italian), a couple strokes, two wars, bad knees that couldn't be replaced due to his heart, 5 bypass operation, and who knows what else. Lived to 93.
 
mscard88 said:
And the other extreme is my father. Smoked all of his life except childhood, ate Italian food and sausage (he was Italian), a couple strokes, two wars, bad knees that couldn't be replaced due to his heart, 5 bypass operation, and who knows what else. Lived to 93.
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My dad and 2 uncles died from complications of heart disease in their 60s, so while I am not fanatical about it, I did do what was supposed to be good for my heart, and look what happened, but I do not have heart disease. Although considered a mild heart attack, I will be making more life style changes as far as what and how much I eat and exercise.

One of my uncles drank and smoked all his life and lived to be 83. He died from injuries from a car accident. He had his hand on top of the steering wheel and when the airbag went off, it drove his forearm into his forehead, which lead to blood clots which eventually did him in 6 months later. He was also wounded in the D-Day invasion, hit in what he called the highest point of his anatomy that was sticking up....... his butt.
 
The great runner Jim Fixx dropped dead of a heart attack in his 50s IIRC. He was in great shape, by all outward measures. Can be anyone, anytime.

Thanks for the great tunes, Tom.
 
N659HB said:
The great runner Jim Fixx dropped dead of a heart attack in his 50s IIRC. He was in great shape, by all outward measures. Can be anyone, anytime.

Thanks for the great tunes, Tom.
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Jim had a significant family history or heart disease, I believe his father died of heart disease in his 40's. Running probably gained him a few years.
 
FormerHangie said:
Jim had a significant family history or heart disease, I believe his father died of heart disease in his 40's. Running probably gained him a few years.
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Yup. Wikipedia indicates his father died in his 40s after a second, massive, heart attack. Fixx's arteries were also plugged and he had an enlarged heart. A reformed smoker and runner, he epitomized a healthy lifestyle for many.

Can't escape heredity and lifestyle. Wonder if there's history in Petty's family.
 
mscard88 said:
He was a smoker since his teens I believe. Don't know if had reduced smoking or quit altogether. No secret he liked drugs.
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A very heavy smoker as well. I know about 10-15 years ago he was using e-cigarettes trying to kick the habit. Don't know if he ever did.

He lived a hard life. He admitted to being into heroin in the early 90s. He was lucky to live through that. Heroin kicked Howie Epstein.
 
steingar said:
Dude was 66. Pretty young to suffer cardiac arrest. Can't imagine what he did to himself in his youth. I hope it was worth it.
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"While most heart attack victims are middle-aged or older—the average age for a first attack is 66 for men and 70 for women—people in their 20s and 30s suffer attacks too. The risk of a heart attack climbs for men after age 45 and for women after age 55."
 
N659HB said:
Yup. Wikipedia indicates his father died in his 40s after a second, massive, heart attack. Fixx's arteries were also plugged and he had an enlarged heart. A reformed smoker and runner, he epitomized a healthy lifestyle for many.

Can't escape heredity and lifestyle. Wonder if there's history in Petty's family.
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I had a friend who died age 65 of heart disease. He had his first MI at age 29. He was always in great shape, exercised a lot, lean and muscular. But he had a strong history, his father had multiple heart attacks from a young age and his older brother died in his 40s of a heart attack. Sometimes genetics outweighs all.
 
Yeah, you can choose your friends, as they say. I'm beginning to see the effects of my parental genetics. :eek:
 
Rushie said:
I had a friend who died age 65 of heart disease. He had his first MI at age 29. He was always in great shape, exercised a lot, lean and muscular. But he had a strong history, his father had multiple heart attacks from a young age and his older brother died in his 40s of a heart attack. Sometimes genetics outweighs all.
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That it does, unfortunately. I know a few folks who love to boast about their eating habits (Vegan) yet some will still get cancer and pass on. I could never eat a diet like that, nor would I want to, but it just goes to show that you can do everything by the book and still live an average if not shortened lifespan due to an unforeseen illness. Live the best life you possibly can and enjoy every moment, because it can be taken away in a flash.
 
My dad died at 87 and my mom at 89. Not stellar numbers but pretty darn good. Their siblings and parents had similar lifespans. So I'm just hoping that genetics does outweigh lifestyle.
 
SkyDog58 said:
My dad died at 87 and my mom at 89. Not stellar numbers but pretty darn good. Their siblings and parents had similar lifespans. So I'm just hoping that genetics does outweigh lifestyle.
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You better hope so! :rofl::rofl::rofl:
 
Coincidentally, right before we got the news on Monday, I had just taken a picture of Karen framed by wildflowers...

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FastEddieB said:
Coincidentally, right before we got the news on Monday, I had just taken a picture of Karen framed by wildflowers...

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That's a very cool picture. How'd you get it to turn out that way?
 
FastEddieB said:
Coincidentally, right before we got the news on Monday, I had just taken a picture of Karen framed by wildflowers...
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That was a great album. My first serious girlfriend in high school and I used to listen to it all the time. Might have even lost my virginity to it. :)

Sigh...lots of good memories. That's the thing about Tom Petty for me - he was putting out great music during all my important formative years, so I have a ton of early memories that are tied to his songs. I even got to meet him once when I was a little kid - maybe 4 years old. My Dad and his good friend Doc took me to a rib joint in Santa Monica. We were chowing down and my Dad and Doc noticed a guy standing in line that might have been Tom Petty. They weren't sure, so they told me to go over to him and ask. Now I was too young to know who Tom Petty was, but I walked over, tugged on his brown leather jacket and asked, "Hi, are you Tom Petty?" He looked down at me and said, "Sure am!"

Still bummed about this.
 
mscard88 said:
HS! What took ya so long? ;):D
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LMAO! It was my senior year too. What can I say, I was a late bloomer!

To my credit she was cute as hell. Still is, actually. A little on the crazy side though, so I dodged that bullet. ;)
 
SkyDog58 said:
My dad died at 87 and my mom at 89. Not stellar numbers but pretty darn good. Their siblings and parents had similar lifespans. So I'm just hoping that genetics does outweigh lifestyle.
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My dad died at 79 and had type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis. My mom is 90 and still going strong, she pigged out on carbs and trans fats all her life, no diabetes, no arterial plaque. I had the 23andme genetic testing which reveals equal numbers of "you are at higher risk" and "you are at lower risk" genes so I can see I inherited from both sides.

The suspense is killing me. Don't know whether I'm going the way of my dad or my mom. I'm figuring in cases like mine maybe lifestyle will be the deciding factor but who really knows.
 
kayoh190 said:
LMAO! It was my senior year too. What can I say, I was a late bloomer!

To my credit she was cute as hell. Still is, actually. A little on the crazy side though, so I dodged that bullet. ;)
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SkyDog58 said:
My dad died at 87 and my mom at 89. Not stellar numbers but pretty darn good. Their siblings and parents had similar lifespans. So I'm just hoping that genetics does outweigh lifestyle.
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Yeah... reference The Keith Richards Guide to Eternal Youth.:D Is there such a thing as a healthy shade of blue?
 
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