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What The Final 12 Months Of Tom Petty's Life Was Like
ByJan MacKell Collins
When famed rocker Tom Petty died, he was called "dynamic and iconoclastic" by Rolling Stone. Petty, an uncomplicated, easygoing musician from Florida, would have likely laughed at that, but to millions of fans around the world, his loss was a devastating, unforeseen surprise that saddened the music world.
Fans would be touched to know that even during his final year, Tom Petty had plans — lots of them.
History of tom petty concerts
Even as his health was failing, the musician rocked on with vigor, and it was all for the people who loved his music.
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Born in Florida in 1950, Petty endured an abusive home life. In his book, Petty: The Biography, Warren Zanes of Rolling Stone quoted Petty as remembering being savagely beaten by his father around the age of four (via The Delite).
His father, he said, "took a belt and beat the living sh*t out of me." Petty was left "covered in raised welts