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The Premier International Online Directory of Musicians & Entertainers   music minder Search For:    In Table: Albums Birthdates Businesses Entertainers Hits Lyrics Memorials On This Day   Home Entertainers Businesses About Contact Albums Birthdates Hits Instruments Lyrics Memorials On This Day Home > Entertainers Menu > Entertainers Location Menu > Entertainers List > Tom Petty > Summary « List Summary Biography Works Photos Videos Links Comments TOM PETTY   Tom Petty performing at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA - June 10, 2006. Photo taken by Marion S. SUMMARY   Full Name: Thomas Earl Petty     Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA Known For: Had a major hit with - "I Wont Back Down"   Instruments: Guitar, Voice Music Styles: Rock   Location: United States of America   Web Site: http://www.tompetty.com   Date Born: 20th October 1950 Location Born: Gainsville, Florida, United States of America   Date Died: 2nd October 2017 Cause Of Death: Cardiac Arrest Memorial: An American musician, singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and record producer. Tom Petty sadly died of cardiac arrest on October 2, 2017. He was best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but was also known as a member and co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.   Summary: One of his first guitar teachers was Don Felder, a fellow Gainesville resident, who would later join The Eagles.   Photo Comments: The above image is intended for those who wish to reuse material (text and/or graphics) from the Wikimedia projects — on their own website, in print, or otherwise. It focuses on Commons as this is explicitly a collection of reusable media.   © Music Minder All rights reserved: Prosecution rights will be exercised for any breaches of copyright.