Dave Shapiro, Sound Talent Group's co-founder and a heavy rock music agent, died in a San Diego plane crash on Thursday morning at age 42.

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 of the plane that crashed,

Daniel Williams, the former drummer of the rock band The Devil Wears Prada, and Dave Shapiro, the owner of Sound Talent Group, were killed in the early morning crash.