Musician suffered a heart attack.
After a long day of confusion, Tom Petty's death was confirmed.
The musician was rushed to the hospital after being found unconscious at his home in California.
Petty arrived at the ICU with no brain activity, which resulted in the decision to turn off the machines.
Subsequently, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed his death to major American news outlets, later retracting the statement, saying the information had been "inadvertently leaked .
Now, his longtime manager, Tony Dimitriades, has confirmed his death. "He was surrounded by his family, bandmates, and friends ," said the manager.