Dana York was the wife of a famous American late rock and roll legend, Tom Petty. Tom has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide. Besides, Dana is well recognized to the media after her marriage with Tom Petty.
Dana York was born in years 1964 in Flint, Michigan, the U.S. There are no details available regarding her birth date. Similarly, Dana holds American nationality and belongs to a white ethnic group.
Moving towards her education, She attended Freeman School Flint. MI. In 1982, she graduated from Flushing Senior High School in Flushing, Michigan.
Dana York is married to Tom Petty in 2001. The pair shared the wedding vows on June 3rd, 2001, in Las Vegas and on June 21, 2001, the reception was at their home in Malibu, which was officiated by legend Little Richard.
Tom and Dana met each other at one of Tom’s concerts in 1991. They had known each other five years before tom’s divorce to Jane. Later, they started dating in 1996 as they divorced their first relationship.
Previously, Tom was also married to his childhood girlfriend, Jane Benyo on 22nd of March 1974. Jane was ex-wife of Petty. Unfortunately, Jane and Tom legally got separated their marriage on 9th November 1996. Dana is the second wife of Petty. Regarding Dana’s first husband, there is no information about her first husband.
Talking about their children, they do not have any children together. However, Tom has two daughters from his previous marriage, Adria Petty who is a director, artist, and editor. Another daughter, Kimberley Petty who is also an artist. Dana has a son from her first marriage, Dylan.
Tom went through a struggle with heroin addiction. Dana’s father had a deal with drug addiction, and she made a point to stayed with him as he went through the extremely tough detox process. Thus, Petty credited Dana as being the person who ended up saving his life from drug addiction.
However, Tom died because of cardiac arrest on 2 October 2017. Currently, Dana York is single.
Dana has not revealed any information regarding her career, she keeps her personal life as well as her career secret. Well, she was the wife of Tom Petty who was a multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He was best known for the albums “Breakdown“, “Mary Jane’s Last Dance“, “American Girl“, ”Refugee” and many more. Tom was a famous rock band, heartbreakers, and Traveling Wilburys.
Although, Dana has not revealed her net worth and salary to the public. Being the wife of American singer Tom Petty, she has accumulated a decent amount as her late husband Tom Petty’s net worth is believed to be $95 million.
You also may like to read the biography of Jack Kesy, Tom Mison.