A plane crash in San Diego that killed six people, including groundbreaking alternative music executive Dave Shapiro, happened as the private plane approached an airport whose runway lights were out in heavy fog,

Shapiro was one of the several who died in a San Diego plane crash in May 2025. Learn about the late talent agent here.

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.