Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, has died in a San Diego plane crash.

Dave Shapiro, founder of music agency Sound Talent Group, was killed in a plane crash in San Diego on Thursday (May 22) ...

Sound Talent Group co-founder and agent Dave Shapiro died in a plane crash in San Diego, Calif. on Thursday morning, per the ...

Shapiro, an advocate for indie musicians, had a pilot’s license and was listed as the owner of the Cessna 550 that crashed in ...

A groundbreaking alternative music executive. A photographer. Two young women just starting their careers in the music ...

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, co-founder of Sound Talent Group, and drummer Daniel Williams among six killed in San Diego plane crash, as the ...

Shapiro, who co-founded music agency Sound Talent Group, was a well-known and respected figure in the rock and metal scene, ...

The fiery crash occurred around 3:47 a.m. in the Murphy Canyon neighborhood, igniting cars and homes and injuring eight ...

Groundbreaking music executive Dave Shapiro has died in a San Diego plane ... of certification issued by the U.S. “Although I have a career and don’t plan to change that I always want to ...

Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive ... booking agent I ever worked with and he was a major part of my music career in my late teen years,” he said in a post on X.

Dave Shapiro, music agent and owner of Sound Talent Group (STG), was among those killed in a fiery plane crash in San Diego, ...