![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/packages/flash/multimedia/ICONS/transparent.png)
In 1981, with his band, the Heartbreakers, in Chicago.
George Rose/Getty Images; thumbnail, Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune, via Associated Press, 2012
Tom Petty
Died on October 2, 2017 at age 66
A singer, songwriter and guitarist, Mr. Petty melded California rock with a deep, stubborn Southern heritage to produce a long string of durable hits, like “Refugee,” “Into the Great Wide Open” and “Free Fallin’.”
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.