Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr pay tribute to Tom Petty

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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr pay tribute to Tom Petty
By Luke Morgan Britton
Oct 3, 2017


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Petty passed away at the age of 66

Beatles stars Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have paid tribute to the late Tom Petty.

Rock icon Petty suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in California on Sunday (October 1) and died in hospital yesterday (October 2) at the age of 66.

As tributes to pour in from Petty’s musical contemporaries, McCartney and Starr have both sent messages of condolence via Twitter.

“Sending love to Tom Petty and his family at this difficult time,” McCartney wrote, before adding: “so sad to hear of his passing. What a lovely, intelligent and talented man he was.”

Starr, meanwhile, wrote: “God bless Tom Petty, peace and love to his family”. He added: “I’m sure going to miss you Tom”. See those tweets below.

Sending love to Tom Petty and his family at this difficult time.

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) 2 de octubre de 2017

Dear Tom, so sad to hear of his passing. What a lovely, intelligent and talented man he was. Love to his family. pic.twitter.com/9zZaQUMtBs

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) 3 de octubre de 2017

God bless Tom Petty peace and love to his family I'm sure going to miss you Tom 😎✌️🌟💖🎶🎵🎶☮️ pic.twitter.com/CktFyhBdxT

— #RingoStarr (@ringostarrmusic) 2 de octubre de 2017

Petty’s death has been confirmed by Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Dimitriades confirmed Petty’s death on behalf of the performer’s family.

Petty formed The Heartbreakers in 1976, and their self-titled debut album was released the same year. It featured Petty’s classic song ‘American Girl’. Petty’s breakthrough came with his band’s third album ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ in 1979. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers last released an album in 2014 in the form of 13th LP ‘Hypnotic Eye’.

As well as his career with the Heartbreakers, Petty also co-founded supergroup the Traveling Wilburys with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison.





Along with the tributes from Petty’s musical contemporaries, his daughter Kimberly Violette also shared her experiences of her father, recalling how she had been present at Petty’s last ever gig at the Hollywood Bowl last week.

“One week ago today I was watching my dad play we showed up rushed to our seats”, she said.

“I got stoned had a beer the lights went dark ,sat watching realizing I grew up on these songs. Everyone grew up on these songs. This is real American Art made from the roots of real people who deeply love life, my father loves music more than anything and always put music first.

Tom Petty R.I.P. Some people are just born cool. Such a legend. I was lucky to cross paths a few times.

Una publicación compartida de Sean Ono Lennon (@sean_ono_lennon) el 3 de Oct de 2017 a la(s) 7:04 PDT

Tom was a tender southern gent in life, a poet and a music master on stage. He had a rocking chair wisdom that brought everything back...

— George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) 3 de octubre de 2017

(2/2) down to earth. We will love and miss him for the rest of our days. Our thoughts are with his family and all the💔 s. Olivia and Dhani

— George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) 3 de octubre de 2017

More sad news today, hearing of Tom Petty's passing...
Have always been a fan. Sadly never got to see him LIVE.... https://t.co/O09csnH5G4

— Julian Lennon (@JulianLennon) 2 de octubre de 2017