![]() ![]() He eventually died when his family took him off life support.įentanyl was also linked to the deaths of Prince and Lil Peep. Tom went into full cardiac arrest before being taken to a hospital in L.A. Later it was determined that he died of an accidental drug overdose. Though he still had a pulse, brain activity had ceased and on October 2 Petty was taken off of life support, per Billboard. He was a great performer, full of the light, a. On the night of October 1, 2017, Petty was found unconscious at his home and rushed to the hospital. ![]() Petty’s death with a statement: It’s shocking, crushing news. Tom's official death certificate left his cause of death as "deferred," leaving it as a mystery until now. Dylan responded immediately to reports of Mr. The autopsy says Petty suffered from coronary artery atherosclerosis.Īs we reported. When he heard about Petty’s death in 2017, Lynch says he was. On the date he had the heart attack he was told his hip had graduated to a full-on break that made the pain unbearable and may have caused the overuse of meds. Former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers members Mike Campbell and Stan Lynch are back on road for their first tour in 30 years. He insisted on touring for 53 concert dates with the condition, which worsened over time and caused him to take the meds. Tom Petty’s system showed traces of fentanyl and oxycodone, among others. The family says the linchpin to Tom's demise was the fractured hip. Tom Petty Died From Accidental Drug Overdose Involving Opioids, Coroner Says. Tom Petty, a singer, songwriter and guitarist who melded California rock with a deep, stubborn Southern heritage to produce a long string of durable hits, died on Monday in Los Angeles. Tom Petty had an estimated net worth of 100 million at the time of his passing in 2017. In September 2017, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers wrapped up a leg of their 40th-anniversary tour with a performance at the Hollywood Bowl. The reason doctors prescribed the meds was because of a number of medical problems, including emphysema, knee problems and a fractured hip. Petty passed away from an accidental drug overdose on October 2, 2017, one week after the Heartbreakers’ 40th Anniversary Tour came to a close. Tom's autopsy report shows the singer was on several pain meds, including Fentanyl patches, oxycodone (Oxycontin), temazepam (Restoril), alprazolam (Xanax), citalopram (Celexa), acetyl fentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl. He went into cardiac arrest a second time in the hospital and died 21 hours after being admitted. The autopsy report says when paramedics arrived he was in full cardiac arrest, but CPR revived him - but on the way to the hospital he lost pulse for 20 minutes. County Coroner says a number of Tom's organs failed due to "mixed drug toxicity." Tom Petty's autopsy results are in, and they show the singer died from an accidental drug overdose as a result of taking a variety of medications. Tom Petty 's autopsy results are in, and they show the singer died from an accidental drug overdose as a result of taking a variety of medications.
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