LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 2, 2018…TWO YEARS AGO THE SOBERING REPORTS OF TOM PETTY’S DEATH LEFT EVERYONE STUNNED. IT WAS EARLY MORNING ON MONDAY OCTOBER 2, 2017 THAT REPORTS STARTED TO SURFACE THAT PETTY HAD PASSED AWAY. I REMEMBER BEING ON THE AIR AND GETTING REPORTS THAT HE HAD DIED, THAT HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, THAT HE HAD BEEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE OKAY. THE PREMATURE DEATH REPORTS ON THE INTERNET RAN RAMPANT. PETTY WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AT HIS HOME, WAS NOT BREATHING AND WAS IN CARDIAC ARREST. HE WAS RESUSCITATED AND RUSHED TO UCLA MEDICAL CENTER. TOM PETTY OFFICIALLY DIED AT 8:40 PM PDT. THE CORONER’S OFFICE LISTED THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS “MULTISYSTEM ORGAN FAILURE DUE TO RESUSCITATED CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST DUE TO MIXED DRUG TOXICITY.” A FULL REPORT FROM THE CORONER’S OFFICE LATER REVEALED TOM PETTY DIED OF AN ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE. THE SINGER HAD BEEN TAKING SEVERAL PAIN MEDICATIONS, INCLUDING FENTANYL AND OXYCODONE, TO TREAT A FRACTURED HIP AND OTHER ISSUES. ACCORDING TO PETTY’S FAMILY AND THOSE CLOSE TO THE ROCKSTAR, DESPITE HAVING THE FRACTURED HIP, PETTY INSISTED ON KEEPING HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS FANS AND TOURED 53 DATES WITH A FRACTURED HIP, AND AS HE KEPT TOURING, IT WORSENED THE INJURY.
HERE’S THE LAST SONG FROM TOM PETTY’S LAST CONCERT
photo thanks-Amber
