" Tom Petty, American rock 'n' roll everyman, dead at 66

Tom Petty, American rock 'n' roll everyman, dead at 66

 Mashable! by Josh Dickey  

9:07 p.m. PT UPDATE: Tom Petty's manager announced that the singer has died. 

Tom Petty, the gaunt, unassuming rocker with the sly grin, sleepy demeanor and biting voice whose decades of American rock 'n' roll hitmaking put him among the best-selling music artists of all time, has died, his manager announced Monday night. He was 66.