Rock legend Tom Petty pulled off life support after going into cardiac arrest

Rock legend Tom Petty pulled off life support after going into cardiac arrest


Tom Petty, the rocker who wrote and performed some of the greatest hits of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s as the front man for the Heartbreakers, was in the hospital Monday with a bleak prognosis after suffering a heart attack.
The “Free Fallin’” singer, 66, was found unconscious in his Malibu home Sunday night by his wife, Dana York.
She called 911 and told dispatchers her husband wasn’t breathing, according to TMZ, which obtained audio of the the urgent plea. First responders rushed Petty to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital, where he was put on life support.
Doctors found no brain activity for Petty, according to multiple reports.

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