Tom Petty Not Expected to Live After Cardiac Arrest: TMZ

Legendary musician Tom Petty was on life support Monday after a massive heart attack led to him being found unconscious Sunday night at his home in Malibu, California, TMZ reported.

EMTs who found Petty unconscious and unresponsive were able to get a pulse and he was put on life support at Santa Monica Hospital, TMZ reported. He was in critical condition when he was found.

An update by TMZ Monday reported no brain activity was found upon evaluation at the hospital and that Petty was removed from life support. The outlet further said he was still "clinging to life" around 1:30 PT but is not expected to make it through the day.

Petty, 66, performed with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers since the 1970s and was still actively touring. He did a show as recently as Sept. 25 in Los Angeles and had two shows scheduled in New York City in November.

According to People, Petty was expecting to retire from touring and spend more time with family, including a granddaughter.

Fellow musicians and fans took to Twitter to extend their thoughts and prayers to Petty.

.@TomPetty... I love you so much. You are in my prayers.

— Sheryl Crow (@SherylCrow) October 2, 2017

The lives and careers of musicians ebb and flow, but I never heard anyone say a single bad word about Tom Petty. Dude delivered every time.

— Scott Tobias (@scott_tobias) October 2, 2017

Tom Petty wrote all those hits for us to get through days like today.

— The Weeks (@theweeks) October 2, 2017

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