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2:50 AM ET, October 3, 2017

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TMZ.com:
Tom Petty Found Unconscious in Full Cardiac Arrest (UPDATE)  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  1:35 PM PT — Sources tell us at 10:30 Monday morning a chaplain was called to Tom's hospital room.  We're told the family has a “do not resuscitate” order on Tom.  The singer is not expected to live through the day, but he's still clinging to life.
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CBS News:
Tom Petty, legendary rocker, is dead at 66  —  Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is dead at 66, CBS News has confirmed.  —  The legendary musician suffered a full cardiac arrest and was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night.
CBS News:
LAPD clarifies it cannot confirm Tom Petty's death  —  Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is clinging to life in a Los Angeles hospital, according to TMZ.  An earlier report which confirmed the singer's death, and which CBS reported, has since been clarified.
Rolling Stone:
Report: Tom Petty Hospitalized After Cardiac Arrest
Discussion: The Wrap, PerezHilton and Cele|bitchy
Jon Pareles / New York Times:
Tom Petty, Staple of Rock Radio With the Heartbreakers, Dies at 66
Discussion: Stereogum
NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooting: More Than 20 Killed and 100 Hurt, Police Say  —  More than 20 people were killed when a gunman opened fire into an outdoor country music festival from the 32nd floor of Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Sunday night, police said.
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Maria Mercedes Lara / People.com:
50 Killed, 400 Wounded at Jason Aldean's Las Vegas Concert - Deadliest Mass Shooting in U.S. History  —  At least 50 people have been killed and 400 wounded after a gunman opened fire on a country music festival with a fully automatic weapon Sunday night in what is now the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooting: 58 Killed and More Than 500 Hurt Near Mandalay Bay  —  A lone gunman released a rapid-fire barrage of bullets from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel late Sunday, killing at least 58 people and injuring more than 500 others attending a country music festival below, officials said.
Luke Broadlick / X17 Online:
Celebs React To Las Vegas Mass Shooting … This is beyond horrible.  —  Celebrities jumped on social media to react to the news of the Las Vegas mass shooting, which left 50 dead and more than 400 injured, and everyone is understandably shaken.  The shooter, a 64-year-old man named Stephen Paddock …
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Jason Aldean Band ‘Hid Behind’ Equipment Amid Las Vegas Shooting, Bus Has Bullet Holes  —  Jason Aldean and his wife, Brittany Kerr, are OK after a gunman opened fire during the country singer's performance at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas on Sunday, October 1.
Discussion: CNN
Us Weekly:
Heidi Montag Gives Birth, Welcomes First Child With Spencer Pratt: Details!  —  Now a family of three!  The Hills alums Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Gunner Stone, on Sunday, October 1, Us Weekly exclusively confirms.
Aili Nahas / People.com:
Hugh Hefner's Widow Crystal Breaks Her Silence: ‘He Was an American Hero’  —  Crystal Hefner is opening up as she mourns husband Hugh Hefner, who died Wednesday at 91.  —  “I haven't been able to bring myself to write most people back to thank them for their condolences.  I am heartbroken.
Discussion: PerezHilton and The Wrap
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Marilyn Manson Injured Onstage in New York (Watch)  —  Johnny Mathis Gets Clive Davis Treatment on ‘Great New American Songbook’ Collection  —  Box Office: Tom Cruise's ‘American Made’ Dead Even With ‘It,’ ‘Kingsman 2’  —  Bruce Springsteen Plays Two Songs With Bryan Adams at Canada's Invictus Games (Watch)
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Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Marilyn Manson Crushed by Stage Prop, Cuts New York Show Short
Discussion: Dlisted, Stereogum and The Blast
TMZ.com:   Marilyn Manson Crushed by Falling Stage Gun Props at Concert, Taken to Hospital
TMZ.com:
Khloe Kardashian's Baby Daddy Tristan Thompson Buying a Home in L.A.  —  Khloe Kardashian's boyfriend is going to be her baby daddy now ... so he's stepping up his real estate game for the sake of his family.  —  Our Kardashian sources tell us ... Tristan Thompson's plan to simply rent …
Discussion: Us Weekly and PerezHilton
Dennis Hevesi / New York Times:
Monty Hall, Co-Creator and Host of 'Let's Make a Deal,' Dies at 96  —  Monty Hall, the genial host and co-creator of “Let's Make a Deal,” the game show on which contestants in outlandish costumes shriek and leap at the chance to see if they will win the big prize or the booby prize behind door No. 3 …
Discussion: kenneth in the and The Blast
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TMZ.com:   Monty Hall Dead at 96
 
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