Tom Petty: Career in pictures

Tom Petty performs at the Inglewood Forum on Jan. 20, 1980.

Tom Petty tries to get the crowd involved at a November 1979 performance in New York.

Tom Petty plays in Santa Monica on June 7, 1978.

Tom Petty at his home on April 28, 1985.

Tom Petty on stage for a soundcheck in Burbank during a May 1987 tour.

Tom Petty in concert in July 1979 in Santa Cruz.

Tom Petty at a Santa Cruz concert in July 1979.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in Irvine on Aug. 14, 2005.

Tom Petty holds up the key to the city of Gainesville, Fla., he received from Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan in 2006. From left are drummer Steve Ferrone, guitarist Scott Thurston, Petty and bassist Ron Blair.

Tom Petty is interviewed in 1996.

Tom Petty, third from the left, touches the star he and his band, the Heartbreakers received on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 28, 1999.

Tom Petty performs during a sold-out concert at the Inglewood Forum on Jan. 20, 1980.

Mike Campbell, left, Tom Petty, Stan Lynch, Benmont Tench and Howie Epstein of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on Nov. 28, 1993.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform at Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston, Mich., on June 18, 1999.

Mike Campbell, left, Tom Petty and Tom Leadon of Mudcrutch perform at the Troubadour in West Hollywood on May 1, 2008.

Tom Petty performs during the Hangout Music Festival on May 18, 2013, in Gulf Shores, Ala.

Tom Petty in the studio of his L.A.-area home on June 30, 2014.

Members of Mudcrutch, from left, Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell, Randall Marsh, Tom Leadon and Tom Petty at Warner Bros. Records in Burbank on April 7, 2016.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers play the Arroyo Seco Weekend festival in Pasadena on June 24, 2017.

Tom Petty at his home in Malibu on Sept. 27, 2017.

Tom Petty at his Malibu home on Sept. 27, 2017.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers play the Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 21, 2017.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 21, 2017.