![]() However, Joel Gallen, the producer and director of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony, thought it’d be wonderful if Prince joined as well. ![]() Petty, Lynne, members of their respective bands (the Heartbreakers and ELO), Steve Winwood, and George’s only son, Dhani, were set to play during George’s posthumous induction performance. Tom Petty, Dhani Harrison, and Prince | KMazur/Getty Images Prince was his usual mysterious self leading up to his iconic solo George would have loved that his induction became a place where a solo like Prince’s could happen. Not because it was a celebration of George, but because Prince gave an outstanding, unexpected, 3-minute guitar solo that transcended everything at that moment. All thanks to Prince.Īfter George’s friends, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne welcomed him posthumously into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame once again, they paid tribute to him in a performance of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” The tribute became one of the most famous Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performances ever. However, George would have enjoyed his induction because it became something bigger than him and his music. He didn’t like fame and all that it brought him. George didn’t really like receiving awards, mostly because he didn’t see what he did with music as a career. ![]() He died on October 2, 2017.ĬNN’s Kevin Flower, Michael Nedelman and Nadia Kounang contributed to this report.George Harrison would have loved how his second induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame turned out. Petty and the Heartbreakers had finished a summer tour with three performances at the Hollywood Bowl not long before his death.Ĭorrection: A previous version of this story incorrectly states the date of Petty's death. He joined fellow music legends Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison in 1988 to form The Traveling Wilburys. Petty collaborated with numerous artists over the years, including Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and the Grateful Dead. With that group and as a solo artist, Petty had a string of hits across the decades, including “Free Fallin’,” “American Girl” and “I Won’t Back Down.” The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first came to fame in the 1970s, breaking through to the mainstream with their third album, “Damn the Torpedoes.” Andrew Chin/Getty Images North America/Getty Images for ABA Petty also suffered from coronary artery atherosclerosis and emphysema, it said.Īcetyl fentanyl has not been approved for medical use in the United States and there are no published studies on safety for human use. The cause of death was “multisystem organ failure due to resuscitated cardiopulmonary arrest due to mixed drug toxicity” and the manner of death was “accident,” the medical examiner’s news release said. The medical examiner’s news release said the autopsy found these drugs in Petty’s system: fentanyl, oxycodone, acetyl fentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl, which are opioids temazepam and alprazolam, which are sedatives and citalopram, an antidepressant. “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,” according to the statement from Dana Petty, his wife, and Adria Petty, his daughter. “Despite this painful injury he insisted on keeping his commitment to his fans and he toured for 53 dates with a fractured hip and, as he did, it worsened to a more serious injury. ![]() Jeff Gentner/Getty Images North America/Getty Images
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