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 ...

Music executive Dave Shapiro poses for a portrait on Dec. 3, 2024, in Nashville. (Stephanie Siau/Sound Talent Group via AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS This undated photo released by the family of Emma Huke ...

Shapiro would go on to start his own record label, Velocity Records, as well as founding the music agency Sound Talent Group. Shapiro represented such acts as Sum 41, Vanessa Carlton and Dave Navarro.

Music executive Dave Shapiro poses for a portrait on Dec. 3, 2024, in Nashville. Shapiro was killed in a plane crash on Thursday. (Stephanie Siau/Sound Talent Group via Associated Press) ...

Here’s what to know about the victims and the crash: Dave Shapiro. Shapiro, 42, got into music playing in a band he founded with friends while in high school, called Count with Stars.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — 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.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — 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.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — 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.