Tech: Rock legend Tom Petty has reportedly been taken off life support after going into 'full cardiac arrest'

Singer-songwriter Tom Petty has died at 66, according to CBS News. He was hospitalized Sunday night after being found in full cardiac arrest in his Malibu home.

Rock legend Tom Petty has been taken off life support after being hospitalized in "full cardiac arrest," according to TMZ.

CBS News and Variety reported that Petty died on Monday at age 66, but both later walked it back, and pointed to TMZ's reporting. The LAPD, which CBS News said initially confirmed the singer's death, issued a statement clarifying it had no information about Petty.

TMZ reported Monday afternoon that while Petty was not expected to live much longer he was still, "clinging to life."

Petty was hospitalized Sunday night after he was found unconscious and in full cardiac arrest in his Malibu home, TMZ reported.

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

According to Variety, he stayed on life support until Monday.

TMZ reported that Petty had "no brain activity" on Monday, 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 was 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 has died at 66, according to CBS News. He was hospitalized Sunday night after being found in full cardiac arrest in his Malibu home. Read Full Story