Tech: Tom Petty has reportedly been taken off life support after being hospitalized in 'full cardiac arrest'

Singer-songwriter Tom Petty was hospitalized Sunday night after he was found unconscious and in full cardiac arrest in his Malibu home, TMZ reports.

Singer-songwriter Tom Petty was hospitalized Sunday night after he was found unconscious and in full cardiac arrest in his Malibu home, TMZ reports.

Law enforcement sources told the outlet that Petty was taken to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital, and was put "on life support."

Authorities told The Hollywood Reporter they responded to a Malibu home for a man who suffered a heart attack. Though their sources couldn't confirm it was Petty, they said the man was in "critical condition."

TMZ has since reported that Petty had "no brain activity" when he got to the hospital, and that "a decision was made to pull life support."

The 66-year-old singer, famous for his music with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, wrapped a long tour at the end of September.

Petty's band gained commercial and critical success throughout the late 1970s, starting with their debut self-titled album, which spawned the hit singles "American Girl" and "Breakdown."

His highest-charting single, "Free Fallin,'" was released in 1989 and peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard singles chart.

Petty has been nominated for 18 Grammy awards. He won two Grammys as a solo artist and one for his contribution to the supergroup album "The Traveling Wilbury's Vol. 1."

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Singer-songwriter Tom Petty was hospitalized Sunday night after he was found unconscious and in full cardiac arrest in his Malibu home, TMZ reports. Read Full Story