Editing Tom Petty (section)

==Personal life==
Petty overcame a difficult relationship with his father.   He said his father found it difficult to accept that Petty was "a mild-mannered kid who was interested in the arts"  and subjected him to verbal and physical abuse on a regular basis. Petty described his father as a "wild, gambling drinker guy".<ref name="Zollo 2005">{{cite book |last=Zollo |first=Paul |url=https://archive.org/details/conversationswit00zoll/page/8 |title=Conversations with Tom Petty |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2005 |isbn=1-84449-815-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/conversationswit00zoll/page/8 8–15]}}</ref> He was close to his mother and his brother, Bruce.<ref>DeYoung, Bill. "Full Steam Ahead". ''Goldmine'' July 13, 1990.</ref><ref name="Zollo 2005" /><ref>''Runnin' Down a Dream'' (2007). Documentary film by Peter Bogdanovich.</ref>

Petty married Jane Benyo in 1974.  They had  two daughters:  [[Adria Petty|Adria]], a director, and Annakim, an artist.<ref name="billboard2015">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6174100/tom-petty-billboard-cover-story-full|title= Tom Petty on the 'Good Thing About Getting Old': 'You Know What's Worth Spending Time on and What's Not'|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date= July 21, 2014|access-date= October 2, 2017|first= Fred|last= Schruers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003203832/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6174100/tom-petty-billboard-cover-story-full|archive-date= October 3, 2017|url-status= live}}</ref> Benyo told mutual friend Stevie Nicks that she met Petty at "the age of seventeen". Nicks misheard Benyo's North Florida accent, inspiring the title of her song "[[Edge of Seventeen]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Tannenbaum|first1=Rob|title=Stevie Nicks Admits Past Pregnancy With Don Henley and More About Her Wild History|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6266329/stevie-nicks-interview-on-don-henley-fleetwood-mac-24-karat-gold-album|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921130306/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6266329/stevie-nicks-interview-on-don-henley-fleetwood-mac-24-karat-gold-album|archive-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Petty and Benyo divorced in 1996.

On May 17, 1987, an arsonist set fire to Petty's house in [[Encino, California]]. Firefighters were able to salvage the basement recording studio and the original tapes stored there, as well as his [[Gibson Dove]] acoustic guitar. His signature gray [[top hat]] was destroyed. The perpetrator was never caught.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 18, 1987 |title=Rock Star Tom Petty's Home Damaged in Fire |at=Metro sec. |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-18-me-486-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113060651/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-05-18/local/me-486_1_fire-officials |archive-date=November 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Zollo |first=Paul |url=https://archive.org/details/conversationswit00zoll/page/106 |title=Conversations With Tom Petty |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2005 |isbn=1-84449-815-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/conversationswit00zoll/page/106 106–109]}}</ref>

Petty struggled with heroin addiction following his divorce from Benyo.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ellis |first=Ralph |date=January 21, 2018 |title=Tom Petty died of accidental drug overdose, medical examiner says |url=http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/19/health/tom-petty-cause-of-death/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123180013/http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/19/health/tom-petty-cause-of-death/index.html |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |website=CNN}}</ref>  He cited  the emotional pain of the divorce as a cause.<ref name="petty269">''Petty: The Biography'' by Warren Zanes, epilogue</ref><ref name="people">''[[People Magazine]]'' article: [https://people.com/music/tom-petty-cardiac-arrest-inside-his-difficult-life/ How Tom Petty Overcame an Abusive Childhood, Heartbreaking Divorce and Heroin Addiction to Find True Love] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227091134/https://people.com/music/tom-petty-cardiac-arrest-inside-his-difficult-life/|date=February 27, 2019}}".</ref>  He got clean after going to rehab in 1999,  crediting his then-girlfriend Dana York with saving his life by helping him seek treatment.<ref name="petty269" />

On June 3, 2001, Petty and York were married in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Uhelszki|first1=Jann|title=Tom Petty Gets Hitched|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-gets-hitched-20010619|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 19, 2001|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075153/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-gets-hitched-20010619|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> They married again at their home in Malibu on June 21. [[Little Richard]] officiated the wedding,  and an all-female mariachi band performed.  York had a son from a previous marriage, Dylan.<ref name="billboard2015" />

Petty spoke in 2014 of the benefits from his practice of [[Transcendental Meditation technique|Transcendental Meditation]].<ref name=hollywood-tm>{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |title=Dixie Chicks, Russell Simmons Meditate on Rick Rubin's Greatness at David Lynch Foundation Event |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dixie-chicks-russell-simmons-meditate-684492 |access-date=April 27, 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 28, 2014 |quote=[T]here are plenty of other stars left to testify to TM's benefits, including Paul McCartney and Tom Petty. |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304083118/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dixie-chicks-russell-simmons-meditate-684492 |url-status=live }}</ref>