--- title: Tom Petty Died of an Accidental Drug Overdose, Coroner Says description: Tom Petty died of an accidental drug overdose, the Los Angeles County Coroner released Friday canonical: https://time.com/5111062/tom-petty-cause-of-death/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-20T15:01:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:56:56.427Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Tom Petty Died of an Accidental Drug Overdose, Coroner Says og:description: The lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was 66 og:url: https://time.com/5111062/tom-petty-cause-of-death/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78ee79d18ab425a4/6988f8de86f68e3cc06e7f60/tom-petty-cause-of-death-overdose.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Firefly Music Festival - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Petty Died of an Accidental Drug Overdose, Coroner Says twitter:description: The lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was 66 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78ee79d18ab425a4/6988f8de86f68e3cc06e7f60/tom-petty-cause-of-death-overdose.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Petty Died of an Accidental Drug Overdose, Coroner Says > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Jan 20, 2018 3:01 PM UTC  Tom Petty performs onstage at the Firefly Music Festival at The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway on June 22, 2013 in Dover, Delaware. Tom Petty performs onstage at the Firefly Music Festival at The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway on June 22, 2013 in Dover, Delaware.Photo by Theo Wargo—Getty Images for Firefly Music Festival by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Jan 20, 2018 3:01 PM UTC [Tom Petty](http://time.com/4968182/tom-petty-tribute/) died of an accidental drug overdose, the Los Angeles County Coroner said Friday. The office said that a mix of [fentanyl](http://time.com/5108758/governors-trump-congress-opioids/), oxycodone, temazepam, alprazolam, citalopram, acetylfentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl caused the singer to go into multisystem organ failure, [the Los Angeles _Times_ reported](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-tom-petty-drug-cause-death-20180119-story.html). The Coroner’s office noted that many of the drugs are found in prescription medications, and Petty’s family added on his website that the musician was suffering from various injuries and sicknesses in a statement signed by his wife Dana Petty and his daughter Adria Petty. “Unfortunately Tom’s body suffered from many serious ailments, including emphysema, knee problems and most significantly a fractured hip,” [the family said in the statement](http://www.tompetty.com/statement). The Los Angeles _Times_ also reported that Petty had coronary artery atherosclerosis. “On the day he died, he was informed his hip had graduated to a full on break, and it is our feeling that the pain was simply unbearable and was the cause for his over use of medication. “We knew before the report was shared with us that he was prescribed various pain medications for a multitude of issues including fentanyl patches and we feel confident that this was, as the coroner found, an unfortunate accident,” the family’s statement adds. [Petty was found unconscious in his Malibu home](http://time.com/4966859/tom-petty-cardiac-arrest/) on Oct. 2 and was taken to the hospital as he was in cardiac arrest. 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