TOM PETTY

 picture from people

sounds like an easy way to escape death having the time for police to retract their statement about him dying. awesome

I heard this news 3 hours after it happened.  Tom Petty 10/2/2107 and his birthday is the 10/20/1950 
the initial reports were retracted after the Los Angeles Police Department announced that it had inadvertently indicated his death to the media without confirming it.[72] It was confirmed later that evening by his family and manager.[72] (from wikipedia about tom petty).