TOM PETTY: Still no official cause of death
Tom Petty's death certificate doesn't list his cause of death.
TMZ reports that the document filed with Los Angeles County lists the immediate cause of death as "deferred," which likely means county officials are waiting for the final autopsy results. It also states that Petty passed away at 8:43 p.m. on October 2nd at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital.
Petty was taken to the hospital the night of the 1st after he was found not breathing and in cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu.
THE BEATLES: On the list of the '100 Most Influential Artists'
Quartz Media and All Music did a study to come up with a list of the 100 Most Influential Artists and, no surprise, The Beatles top the list with 1,230 musicians citing them as an influence.
The study analyzed every artist listed on All Music that has at least one other artist citing them as an influence.
Bob Dylan was second with 669 acknowledgments, followed by The Rolling Stones with 557.
The next two choices were a little less mainstream. David Bowie placed fourth with 432 folks under his spell, while his friend Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground landed at number-five with 425.
Rounding out the Top 10 are:
- 6) Beach Boys - 422
- 7) The Kinks - 384
- 8) Neil Young - 374
- 9) Jimi Hendrix - 371
- 10) The Byrds - 360
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees Depeche Mode are number-100, with 120 artists calling them an influence.