A private plane crash near San Diego resulted in the deaths of six individuals, including music executive Dave Shapiro.

The music agency, Sound Talent Group, said three of its employees were killed in the crash, including its co-founder, Dave Shapiro, who is listed as the plane's owner.

Sound Talent Group shared this bio of Shapiro: Dave was born in Albany, moved to San Diego, and fell in love with Alaska where he began living in 2020.

All of the people on board the plane died, including Dave Shapiro, the co-founder of Sound Talent Group, booking assistants Emma L. Huke, 25, and Kendall Fortner, 24, as well as Daniel Williams, a ...

Fortner, 24, and Huke, 25, joined Shapiro's agency as booking associates after graduating from college, according to bios released by Sound Talent Group, which confirmed both women were on the plane.

Groundbreaking music executive Dave Shapiro has died in a San Diego plane crash. He was 42. The music agency Sound Talent Group confirmed Shapiro died in the crash. He had a pilot’s license and ...

According to her LinkedIn page, Kendall Fortner worked for the Sound Talent Group as a booking assistant. She was also a graduate of San Diego State University. Sound Talent Group shared this bio ...

Updated: Jun 20, 2025 / 04:19 PM EDT SAN DIEGO, Calif. (NEWS10) — It was a tragedy that shook the music industry. Music executive Dave Shapiro was killed in a plane crash in San Diego back in May.

Report: Pilot struggled to increase, maintain altitude before crash The plane, a Cessna 414A, took off from San Diego and climbed to 1,600 feet when the air traffic controller instructed Baldwin ...