If anything, Petty’s untimely death has only made people love him more. Next month will bring a series of special occasions for fans - his 70th birthday, the third anniversary of his death, and the release of his long-gestating dream project, Wildflowers And All The Rest, an expanded version of his classic (and perhaps best) 1994 LP. And yet he remains a ubiquitous presence. One week after the tour wrapped in Los Angeles, Tom Petty died at the age of 66. An icon as comfortable and reliable and well-made as your favorite pair of beat-up blue jeans. For much of his career, he was inevitably classified as “underrated.” But by that anniversary tour, Petty was universally adored as a rare cultural institution that seemingly everybody - men and women, liberals and conservatives, boomers and their kids and grandkids - could agree on. ![]() ![]() In the final year of his life in 2017, Petty and his band The Heartbreakers performed an extensive 40th-anniversary tour that proved to be their most profitable ever. While Tom Petty is no longer with us, his legend continues to grow.
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