RIP
Posted on 10/02/2017 2:39:44 PM PDT by Morgana
Tom Petty, the dynamic and iconoclastic frontman who led the band the Heartbreakers, went into full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home Sunday night, with conflicting reports on whether the Hall of Fame musician died on Monday. Petty was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest at his home, according to TMZ, and rushed to the hospital and placed on life support. EMTs were able to find a pulse when they found him, but TMZ reported that the hospital found no brain activity when he arrived. A decision was made to pull life support. CBS originally confirmed Petty's death per the Los Angeles Police Department, but TMZ claims the musician is still on life support.
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RIP
It seems the important part of that is the decision, not the decider. Does it matter if it was his wife, his mother or his daughter?
His was the music of my teen years. He did some great videos too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D3a5eDJIs
He is off to the great wide open.
Lucky and LuAnn. No chance for any more KOTHs now.
Well, yes it does matter, because who else has the right to make such a decision? Well, yes, it could have been any of those family members, or someone who had no authority to do such a thing.
“A decision was made to pull life support.”
What does something like that mean? A decision was made. WHO made that decision? I just hate this kind of writing.”
When the patient is essentially dead or dying, the medical team try to identify the responsible family members.
They check if the patient has “end of life instruction,” which might be found with hospital or primary doctor records.
At some point the hospital needs to get a decision. They don’t want to just pull the plug, on their own.
And often it is not pretty or easy. Four months ago my MIL passed away at 90. Her sons and daughters were emotional and blamed the hospital of killing her, not her age, her cancer, or the major surgery complications that kept her in ICU for 30 days before death.
Still they have to deal with it.
When you first posted about drudge and tom the article was not there.
Now it is and says he’s alive. So yea like another FReerper said it’s being a lot like Carrie Fisher.
>>He is off to the great wide open.
“UPDATE: TOM PETTY ‘CLINGING TO LIFE’”
DNR - lest he be Dancing In The...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUmWiO7hAm8
He’s free falling :(
>>He’s free falling :(
I’d like to think he’s headed to...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H_IHdWxZcg
Damn!
I heard about an upcoming concert in Key Arena back about 1981, so I got a ticket and went. It was Tom Petty...
he played hit after hit after hit, like an hour and a half of really, really good tunes... plus a bunch of stuff I didn’t even hear before then!
Amazing!
RIP, to one of the greatest rockers ever!
RIP
He never backed down.
Is it too early to say that his heart is broken.
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Is it too early to say you’re a transparent praise starved tactless shallow creep?
Carter girl junkies?
Are they related to June Carter Cash?
“Carter girl junkies?
Are they related to June Carter Cash?”
Yup!
Yeah, all these sarcastic references to song titles are anything but clever or funny.
My heart is broken. Tom and the Heartbreakers were my fighting music for my first dance with cancer, and now they are part of the soundtrack for my latest bout....
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