Subdeacon Joe Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/business/media/tom-petty-cardiac-arrest.html Quote The news ricocheted around the web immediately: CBS News was reporting that Tom Petty was dead. It kicked off widespread reaction and remembrances on Monday, with star singers like John Mayer, Shania Twain and Jon Bon Jovi all paying tribute to Mr. Petty on Twitter. It soon emerged, however, that the news was premature. When CBS reported Mr. Petty’s death on Twitter, preceded by a capitalized banner “JUST IN,” the network attributed the news to the Los Angeles Police Department. In an article published online, there was no mention of the L.A.P.D., merely the phrase “CBS News has confirmed.” (CBS later deleted the tweet.) Numerous other news outfits, including Entertainment Weekly, Slate and HuffPost, soon posted articles about Mr. Petty’s death, all attributing the news to CBS. Rolling Stone even got a statement from Bob Dylan, who said: “I thought the world of Tom. He was great performer, full of the light, a friend, and I’ll never forget him.” But about an hour after the CBS report went online, the Los Angeles Police Department said it could not confirm his death, setting off mass confusion on social media over Mr. Petty’s actual condition. Mr. Petty, 66, had been taken to a hospital after going into cardiac arrest at his home in California, TMZ reported. But while TMZ had also reported that the singer was unresponsive and had been taken off life support, it never reported that he was dead. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7982021/tom-petty-off-life-support Quote Tom Petty was put on life support Monday (Oct. 2) after suffering cardiac arrest. Conflicting reports followed that caused confusion, saying that he has died at the age of 66 -- these were later revealed to be erroneous. CBS News' breaking news tweet citing LAPD has since been deleted. The LAPD later tweeted out an apology: "The LAPD has no information about the passing of singer Tom Petty. Initial information was inadvertantly [sic] provided to some media sources. However, the LAPD has no investigative role in this matter. We apologize for any inconvenience in this reporting." Earlier in the day, Petty was found in his Malibu home in full cardiac arrest, not breathing. Authorities told The Hollywood Reporter they did respond to a Malibu home around 10:52 a.m. for a man who suffered a heart attack, but they could not confirm it was Petty. Emergency responders were able to get a pulse back, but the man is in critical condition. He was then rushed to the hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Not yet . Prayers up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I’m afraid he is. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7988614/tom-petty-remembrance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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