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

Investigators say six people aboard a private plane died when it crashed in a San Diego neighborhood in heavy fog.

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.

“Dave was not like that.” Shapiro was listed as the plane’s owner and had a pilot’s license. Officials have not said who was flying. Kendall Fortner and Emma Huke Fortner, 24, and ...