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Tom Petty  was that rare classic rocker who didnât turn into a nostalgia act. As a singer  songwriter  guitarist and band leader   Petty  excelled through four decades of acclaimed albums and concerts that hewed to a narrow but brilliantly realized vision of rock ânâ roll.
 Petty   66  died Monday after being taken to UCLA Medical Center for cardiac arrest Sunday night.  His  death was confirmed Monday night by  his  familyâs spokeswoman  according to the Los Angeles Times. The singer-songwriter lived in Malibu  Calif.
Along the way he and the Heartbreakers rode out the fickle ebb and flow of pop trends to carry the torch for guitar-based rock  inevitably selling out stadiums around the world no matter what kind of music was atop the pop charts at the time. The band was on the road over the summer to celebrate its 40th anniversary  including a sold-out concert at Wrigley Field in June.  Petty  acknowledged  he  was something of a purist with a narrow definition of what rock should be â âItâs like jazz or folk or blues â take it too far and it isnât any of those things â  he  once told the Tribune. âWe see these banners at some of our shows: âGreatest rock ânâ roll band in the world.â And sometimes I think weâre the only one. There arenât many left.â
That âwonât back downâ mentality â which later spawned one of  his  greatest songs â was forged while growing up in Gainesville  Fla. Born in 1950   Petty  had a difficult relationship with  his  insurance-salesman father  who never understood  his  sonâs lack of interest in sports and passion for the arts.  The young Petty  was smitten with music after meeting Elvis Presley as a child through the auspices of a relative working on one of Presleyâs movie sets  and later seeing the Beatles perform on âThe Ed Sullivan Show.â He took guitar lessons from a future member of the Eagles  Don Felder  and began playing in a series of bands while working dead-end jobs â everything from washing dishes to digging graves.
âMusic was a safe place to be â  Petty  told the Tribune in 2002. âI think that in many ways I had a pretty tough childhood  and the music actually became a safe haven for me. That was where I escaped to. It really is the only true magic Iâve found in this world. Most magic is a trick of some kind. But music is actually a healing thing. It has this power to heal and inspire and to lift you right up.â
 Petty  then cut a demo with Campbell  Tench  bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch that led to a record deal and the release of  Petty  and the Heartbreakersâ self-titled 1976 debut album. Later  one of Pettyâs heroes â the Byrdsâ McGuinn â recorded a cover of âAmerican Girl â which emulated the Byrdsâ chiming guitar-driven sound.
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Tom Petty Heartbreakers frontman who sang 'Breakdown ' 'Free Fallin' and other hits dies at 66