His brother Bruce was seven years younger. Petty was born October 20, 1950, in Gainesville, Florida, the first of two sons of Kitty Petty ( nee Avery), a local tax office worker, and Earl Petty, who was a traveling salesman. 2.2 1988–1991: Traveling Wilburys and solo career.2.1 1976–1987: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.In 2017, Petty died of a cardiac arrest, at the age of 66, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour and two weeks shy of his 67th birthday. Petty was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2017 for his contributions to music and for his philanthropy. Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Solo or with the Heartbreakers, he had hit albums from the 1970s through the 2010s and sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Petty's solo hits include " I Won't Back Down" (1989), " Free Fallin'" (1989), and " You Don't Know How It Feels" (1994). Hit singles with the Heartbreakers include " Don't Do Me Like That" (1979), " Refugee" (1980), " The Waiting" (1981), " Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) and " Learning to Fly" (1991). He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and had success as a solo artist. Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American musician and actor who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976.
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