Tom Petty, Hall of Fame singer who became rock mainstay in 1970s, dies at 66
Tom Petty, a singer and guitarist who burst onto the scene in the 1970s as one of the most original, searching voices in rock and remained a major hitmaker for four decades, writing songs that included Free Fallin, I Wont Back Down and American Girl, died Oct.2 at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. He