Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, has died in a San Diego plane crash. He was 42. Shapiro had a pilot’s license and was listed as the owner ...

SAN DIEGO — A private plane approaching an airport crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, killing the six people on board, including groundbreaking alternative music executive Dave Shapiro.

The plane crash The plane was headed from New Jersey to San Diego after a fueling stop in Kansas. It crashed about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from San Diego’s Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport.

Dave Shapiro, groundbreaking music executive, dies in San Diego plane crash at 42Music executive Dave Shapiro poses for a portrait on Dec. 3, 2024, in Nashville. (Stephanie Siau/Sound Talent Group ...

They were among the six people killed Thursday when a private plane owned by Dave Shapiro, cofounder of the Sound Talent Group, crashed in a San Diego neighborhood as it approached a nearby ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A private plane approaching an airport amid crashed in a San Diego neighborhood, killing the six people on board, including groundbreaking alternative music executive Dave Shapiro.