tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8121256005925234253..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Dammit. Tom Petty Died of Accidental Drug Overdose.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-78952370616887259842018-01-21T06:29:51.900-08:002018-01-21T06:29:51.900-08:00Accident? I think not... rather a choice that I c...Accident? I think not... rather a choice that I can respect and relate to.<br /><br />Why? <br />Why do a painful last tour then choose a hasty exit?<br /><br />"It is better to burn out than fade away"<br /><br />Here's to Tom, may he be forever "free falling"Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-14481354078481863712018-01-20T18:09:31.819-08:002018-01-20T18:09:31.819-08:00I don't know, BY. Why did he have to play if h...<br />I don't know, BY. Why did he have to play if he was so grievously unfit to be on stage? Who plays with a fractured hip? Emphysema, bad knees, a fractured hip and fentanyl to make it all just barely endurable.<br /><br />Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman and now Petty. It makes me so damned mad because it probably didn't have to be.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50527830810128645252018-01-20T17:22:08.197-08:002018-01-20T17:22:08.197-08:00Very saddened to hear this. For some reason, think...Very saddened to hear this. For some reason, thinking he had a bad heart that crashed and gave out felt more organic. But given he was only 66 years old, I guess this makes sense. Still, what a tremendous loss.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.com